Bill Doran

Making sense of the ‘One MSHA’ initiative

Zach Mentz Published Feb 6, 2019

The consolidation of Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) sectors is underway, but the transition will likely produce challenges. Keep Reading

Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran addresses the 2019 Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference. Photo by PamElla Lee

Impact inspections: Are they still a thing?

Kevin Yanik Published Jan 25, 2019

Although the agency no longer publishes impact inspection details on its website, these remain a tool in the Mine Safety & Health Administration's toolbox, according to Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran. Keep Reading

When MSHA issues ‘duplicative’ citations

William Doran and Margo Lopez Published Jan 25, 2019

Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez explore what happens when the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) issues multiple citations for essentially the same issue. Keep Reading

The Biltmore outside of Miami was the location of the 2019 Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference. Photo by Joe McCarthy

Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference hosted in Miami

Kevin Yanik Published Jan 18, 2019

South Florida was the home of this year's annual event, which included discussions on equipment and technology, labor, safety and more. Keep Reading

MSHA Assistant Secretary David Zatezalo addressed seat belt safety earlier this year at the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s Annual Convention, stating that it is very difficult to enforce. Says Zatezalo: “I would tell you from my own experience that my father would never wear a seat belt. Toward the end of his life I bought him a car and he started wearing a seat belt. He said the dings and alarms made it easier to put the seat belt on.” Photo courtesy of the NSSGA

Workplace exams, streamlining and scofflaws

William Doran and Margo Lopez Published Dec 19, 2018

Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez offer a report on the Mine Safety & Health Administration activity in 2018. Keep Reading

Photo courtesy of the National Institute for Occupational Safety Health

Why MSHA suspicion isn’t enough in court

William Doran and Margo Lopez Published Nov 5, 2018

Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez explore why the Mine Act does not permit a citation based on mere speculation that a violation – that has not yet occurred – could happen in the future. Keep Reading

Inspector sign-in standards

Margo Lopez and William Doran Published Oct 5, 2018

Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez discuss sign-in standards for Mine Safety & Health Administration inspectors at aggregate operations. Keep Reading

Workplace examinations: Clarification or confusion?

William Doran and Margo Lopez Published Sep 10, 2018

What is the Mine Safety & Health Administration really saying in its latest guidance on the controversial workplace exams rule? Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez explore. Keep Reading