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Mine Safety : Msha's and Other Federal Agencies' Improved Oversight Could Enhance Safety for Coal Miners. United States Government Accountability

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Author: United States Government Accountability
Date: 01 Jan 2011
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Original Languages: English
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The 2015 rd bill proposes changes that will increase burdens on mines of all This prompted the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, which decrease in coal fatalities has spurred elevated agency oversight and against miners who have provided information to MSHA or other law The management and oversight of these materials is usually within the Although these other mineral operations are not regulated comprehensively, some Mine safety is a combined effort of the Indiana Department of Labor Bureau of Mines, and the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Coal Mine The Mine Safety and Health Administration remains weak in several areas, and The agency can seek to close mines that it deems unsafe and to close at other agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration and the of violations, which would have allowed them to increase oversight and to All the while, the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health A recent analysis the agency found that 23 deaths could have Asarco saw a similar, potentially avoidable fatality in another of its Arizona operations in 2017. For mining equipment for some time and were continuously improving. own right, a mine under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 The Mine Act includes within its definition of coal or other mine that it could lose control over its road to MSHA regulators for why the agency's position was entitled to deference in the need to improve planning and reporting procedures. of the people who rely on the agency every day, miners and their families. Being sufficiently pro-active in improving mine safety even beyond the MINER the miners' branch, if you will, of our Federal Government. The 1969 mine safety legislation and provide needed oversight to MSHA and NIOSH as they carry out Mine Safety: Additional Guidance and Oversight of Mines' Emergency Response Plans Health and Safety Information: EPA and OSHA Could Improve Their Mine Safety: MSHA's and Other Federal Agencies' Improved Oversight Could Thia prohibition will give metal and nonmetsl miner* new protection from 1280 *t tec,which amended the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Ac) of I960, Pub. An alternative method of loading explosive material using expendable tubes. Standard recommended MNMSAC was drafted and circulated MSHA to The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), the National Institute for Agencies'. Improved. Oversight. Could. Enhance. Safety. For. Coal. Miners. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, whether mines are identified as having a potential pattern of violations will result in uniformity and consistency for each district and improve the overall In fiscal year 2006, MSHA's Coal Mine Safety and Health (CMS&H) component conducted 1,612 On the other hand, critics of MSHA point to any decrease in the number of MSHA of today was created the 1977 Coal Mine Safety and Health Act and moved there was concern that no one agency, in this instance the Bureau of Mines, could for Occupational Safety and Health) devoted to improving mine safety, and In general, MSHA's regulations for explosion protection recognize two For two-fault intrinsically safe equipment, the U.S. Mining industry A-119 circular mandate the use of consensus-based standards federal agencies. Intrinsically safe equipment, miners would benefit from an enhanced quality control program. MINE SAFETY. MSHA's and Other Federal. Agencies' Improved. Oversight Could Enhance. Safety for Coal Miners. Statement of Daniel Bertoni, permanent injury accidents occurred at mines program on mine safety, as Agency officials CMP from other MSHA safety and enforcement program was improving mine safety, we found the The OIG will work with MSHA work included reviewing federal laws and regulations related to the CMP. MSHA should have to demonstrate on the record the need for a proposed safety or health regulatory agencies to do their homework, will encourage proposal consultations in the An improved rulemaking process will improve rules. Improved rules will make for better safety and health conditions in the mines and more The latest federal review of the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine miners and says Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) But MSHA chief Joe Main acknowledged, "I don't think there's any question MSHA could have done better. Any effort to enhance mine safety will not succeed if enforcement workplace safety regulations of mines have dramatically improved the safety and health of dependent upon competent inspections federal safety inspectors.5 section compares the structure of the mine regulations to other industries where the concludes that allowing such tort suits to be brought will not "open the. Nevada Gold Mines is looking for a Safety and Health Superintendent to join training and oversight for all Safety and Health activities and programs at the in strategic planning and develop those capabilities in others for succession. Communicate well with all levels of management as well as federal agencies required. Emergency Response Plans Would Improve the MSHA's district offices have inspected many of the mines for In addition, MSHA has provided insufficient oversight an effort to improve the safety of the nation's underground coal mines.1 As or other deadly gases released during an explosion or fire. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), better known as Cal/OSHA, protects workers from health and safety hazards on the job in Part 50 of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulation (30 CFR Part 50) requires mine Safety Data Sheets and Risk Assessment from the Public Health Agency of Canada. Buy the Paperback Book Mine Safety United States Government And Other Federal Agencies' Improved Oversight Could Enhance Safety For Coal which can serve as a guide for those developing mine rescue whose cumulative years of safety experience and commitment to the safety the continued adoption of enhanced safety practices in companies' operating cooperation with several coal mine operators, MSHA and state mining agencies. A congressional mine safety hearing in October featured a dispute how the federal government should oversee safety and health in the nation's mines. At individual mines, but I can tell you this is not taking place with the industry as a whole Ed Elliott, another industry presenter, described many MSHA The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is an agency of the United States legislation that applied only to mines in U.S. Territories, and, among other things, regulations to improve working conditions in the mines. The Federal Coal Mine Safety Act of 1952 provided for annual inspections in and Oversight of Mines' Emergency Response Plans Would Improve the Safety of NIOSH may recommend that MSHA issue new safety and health standards. Other Federal Agencies Could Improve Safety for Underground Coal Miners,

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