The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 130 citations and 13 orders during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal mines and one metal/nonmetal mine in September 2013.
Click here for: MSHA report with spreadsheet (pdf).
The premier conference for mine safety trainers from all over the country has been cancelled because of the Federal shutdown. It’s sad that this unmatched opportunity for the best trainers and safety professionals we have in the mining industry to share ideas and information will be missed at a critical time for the safety of our country’s miners. I received the following message today: (Randy)
“All activities at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy,including the TRAM Conference, have been canceled
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 213 citations, 23 orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal mines and five metal/nonmetal mines last month.
Click here for: MSHA report with spreadsheet (pdf).
Three fatal accidents have occurred within a week at metal and nonmetal mines. These accidents might have been avoided had there been proper berms, proper risk analysis, and careful planning before work began. MSHA has issued an alert. October is statistically one of the worst months for fatalities and unfortunately it looks like we got a head start. These three have not had fatalgrams posted yet. They will be posted here as soon as they are released by MSHA.
Meanwhile, the alert can be found here.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 149 citations and 16 orders during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal mines and four metal/nonmetal mines in July 2013.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 157 citations, 10 orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal mines and four metal/nonmetal mines in June 2013.
Click here for: MSHA report with spreadsheet (pdf).
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 186 citations and nine orders during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal mines and five metal/nonmetal mines in May 2013.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 106 citations, 13 orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal mines and two metal/nonmetal mines in April 2013.
Click here for: MSHA report with spreadsheet (pdf).
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 155 citations and two orders during special impact inspections conducted at eight coal mines and four metal/nonmetal mines in March 2013, representing the lowest number of orders issued during targeted monthly inspections over nearly three years.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 196 citations, 24 orders and three safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 11 coal mines and three metal/nonmetal mines in February 2013.
Click here for: MSHA report with spreadsheet (pdf).