MSHA releases January impact inspection results

Allison Kral Published Feb 27, 2015

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced federal inspectors issued 176 citations, eight orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections conducted at 13 coal mines and three metal and nonmetal mines in January.

The monthly inspections, which began in April 2010, involve mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns, reports MSHA.

Since April 2010, MSHA has conducted 879 impact inspections and issued 13,756 citations, 1,229 orders and 56 safeguards.

View MSHA’s monthly impact inspection list for January 2015 here.

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Allison Kral

Allison Kral is the former senior digital media manager for North Coast Media (NCM). She completed her undergraduate degree at Ohio University where she received a Bachelor of Science in magazine journalism from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. She works across a number of digital platforms, which include creating e-newsletters, writing articles and posting across social media sites. She also creates content for NCM's Portable Plants magazine, GPS World magazine and Geospatial Solutions. Her understanding of the ever-changing digital media world allows her to quickly grasp what a target audience desires and create content that is appealing and relevant for any client across any platform.