civil penalties
What operators must know about civil penalty assessments
Contesting civil penalties brought forth by the Mine Safety & Health Administration can bring about changes to the citation. Keep Reading
Quiz: MSHA civil penalty assessments: Myth or fact?
Aggregate producers often ask how the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) sets civil penalty amounts for citations. Find out how much you actually know about civil penalties. Learn more about civil penalties here. Keep Reading
Civil penalty assessments: Myths versus facts
We are often asked how the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) sets civil penalty amounts for citations – a simple question with a not-so-simple answer. Keep Reading
New rules to adjust civil penalty amounts
The U.S. Department of Labor announced two interim final rules to adjust its civil penalties for inflation. Keep Reading
MSHA’s Main weighs in on examination guidance, ‘Rules To Live By’
Pit & Quarry had the opportunity to ask Joe Main, assistant secretary of labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), about the agency's latest preparatory mine emergency efforts and the status of proposed amendments to the civil penalty… Keep Reading
MSHA decision on civil penalty regulation still to come
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has proposed amending its civil penalty regulation to simplify the criteria, which would promote consistency, objectivity and efficiency in the proposed assessment of civil penalties and facilitate the resolution of enforcement issues, according… Keep Reading
