Mine Safety & Health Administration
MSHA to conduct on-site discussions to help prevent fatalities
MSHA says it will conduct on-site safety discussions with miners and mine operators across the country in an effort to halt fatal mining accidents. Twenty miners -- including six supervisors – died in metal and nonmetal mining accidents since October… Keep Reading
NSSGA seeks input for inspector trainees
NSSGA is asking for help in its efforts to improve the ways in which the MSHA inspectors evaluate conditions at aggregates workplaces. The MSHA-NSSGA Alliance’s Technical Task Force is developing a program whereby aggregates safety and production personnel will use… Keep Reading
MSHA explores factors involved in latest fatal accidents
MSHA held a summit for training professionals May 22 to discuss causes of the 20 metal and nonmetal mining deaths that have occurred since October 2013. MSHA determined several causes were at the root of the accidents, including failure to… Keep Reading
Accident and injury reports
MSHA is under pressure to audit mine operator reports of accidents, injuries and illnesses. The inspector general of the U.S. Department of Labor issued a report in March that notes while MSHA has taken steps to detect and deter underreporting,… Keep Reading
MSHA summit focuses on fatal accidents
MSHA held a special summit with stakeholders, where it examined a recent uptick in fatal accidents. It provided more detailed information on the 19 deaths at metal and nonmetal mines that occurred since 2013 at crushed stone, sand and gravel,… Keep Reading
MSHA gathering industry to discuss spike in mining deaths
MSHA plans to host a meeting of mine industry stakeholders in the wake of a dramatic increase in metal and nonmetal mining deaths. The meeting, to take place May 5 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET at MSHA's headquarters… Keep Reading
MSHA to increase enforcement following fatalities
MSHA, following a string of industry fatalities, is encouraging inspectors to do more to keep miners out of hazardous situations, NSSGA reports. According to the association, MSHA Administrator Neal Merrifield indicated he has directed agency inspectors to look for miners… Keep Reading
Labor pains
According to the U.S. Geological Survey and the Mine Safety and Health Administration, there has been about a 5 percent drop in aggregate-industry employment since four years ago. That number is due in part to more streamlined processes and the… Keep Reading
Miners’ rights to representation
The signature box on MSHA’s Representative of Miners Designation Form reads as follows: “I certify that I have been designated as representative by at least two miners who work at the mine. A copy of this form has been delivered… Keep Reading
