Mine Safety & Health Administration
Workplace exams rule to be implemented despite opposition
The Mine Safety & Health Administration issued a final rule for workplace examinations that will go into effect this spring despite opposition from the mining industry. 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
US mining deaths reach historic low in 2016
Data from the U.S. Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) indicates that mining deaths in the U.S. reached a new low in 2016. Keep Reading
Industry awaits next MSHA chief, policy changes
With 2016 in the past, the industry turns its attention to a new year and the many policy developments the incoming Trump administration is expected to bring. Keep Reading
MSHA to host mine emergency response event
The Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) will host an event Jan. 5 on emergency response capabilities. Keep Reading
Lowering the mine fatality rate
MSHA announced that the 2016 fiscal year ending Sept. 30 had the lowest fatality incidence ever recorded for the more than 13,000 operating mines. Keep Reading
MSHA releases November impact inspection results
The Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) issued 152 citations and five orders during special impact inspections conducted in November 2016. Keep Reading
CalPortland hosts members of Congress
Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., visited a CalPortland cement plant and Twin Peaks aggregate plant in Rillito, Arizona. Keep Reading
Main looks forward, back as a new MSHA era dawns
Joe Main, assistant secretary of labor at the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA), reflected on his seven years at the agency during a teleconference with reporters. Keep Reading
