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.
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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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A number of years ago while at a mine safety conference in Salt Lake City I was with a group of safety professionals that visited this mine and were in awe of it’s size and scope. The landslide that occurred there on April 10 and shut down production there is difficult to imagine as well and its even more difficult to imagine why an event like this would go unnoticed by any of the news media that I usually see. Check out the Utah local coverage here.
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).
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 245 citations and 13 orders during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal mines and six metal/nonmetal mines in January, 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 150 citations and nine orders during special impact inspections conducted at eight coal mines and three metal/nonmetal mines in December 2012.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 285 citations, 11 orders and two safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal mines and seven metal/nonmetal mines in November of 2012.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 210 citations and 14 orders during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal mines and five metal/nonmetal mines in October of 2012.
Click here for: MSHA report with spreadsheet (pdf).
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 150 citations and 10 orders during special impact inspections conducted at 13 coal mines and three metal/nonmetal mines in September.
Click here for: MSHA report with spreadsheet (pdf).
Working in confined spaces can be very dangerous. A confined space is an area with poor or no airflow. Examples of
confined spaces include:
Poor airflow allows accumulation of dangerous gases in confined spaces. Before a miner enters a confined space, the
atmosphere needs to be checked for adequate oxygen concentration and the accumulation of flammable or harmful gases.
MSHA has issued a hazard alert. Download the alert here (pdf).