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What to do when MSHA demands documents

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Imagine you are a quarry manager and you have received a letter from the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) requesting documents. What do you do? Keep Reading

How to handle employees working alone

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Recent accidents spurred the Mine Safety & Health Administration to launch an initiative aimed at emphasizing the potential hazards involved in working alone. Keep Reading

Planning for a workplace crisis

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Workplace accidents almost always occur suddenly and without warning. Here's how to handle them. Keep Reading

How to handle the closeout conference

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The best strategy for a closeout conference, like an inspection, depends on a lot of factors. Keep Reading

MSHA to place emphasis on three safety standards

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There are three categories of safety standards the Mine Safety & Health Administration will be emphasizing this year. Keep Reading

How Trump’s 2-for-1 regulatory approach translates to mining

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There is a great deal of uncertainty in Washington regarding how the new administration’s goal of reducing regulations will impact rulemaking moving forward. Keep Reading

Lessons from the safest year in mining

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A number of things were done right in 2016 to achieve the fewest fatal accidents ever in coal and metal and nonmetal mining. Keep Reading

Thanks, Mike

Mike Heenan is moving toward semi-retirement, so taking over the column are his very able colleagues Margo Lopez and William Doran. Keep Reading

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