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MSHA announces May impact inspections results

Allison Kral Published Jul 1, 2016

Federal inspectors issued 89 citations during special impact inspections conducted at one metal and nonmetal mine and 13 coal mines during May, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA).

The inspections took place at mines in Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.

MSHA’s monthly impact inspections began in April 2010 at mines. They take place at mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to their poor compliance history or other compliance concerns. Since then, MSHA says its inspectors have conducted 1,156 impact inspections and issued 16,315 citations, 1,313 orders and 60 safeguards.

Read the May impact inspection list 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.