MSHA
Making MSHA a partner and not an adversary
Joe Main, assistant secretary of labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), sat down with Pit & Quarry by phone late last month to reflect on his three years at MSHA. We asked Main how aggregate producers, manufacturers… Keep Reading
More miners receiving job reinstatements after registering complaints
The number of requests for temporary reinstatements MSHA submitted on behalf of miners who filed discrimination complaints more than tripled from 2007-2009 to 2010-2012, increasing from 22 to 71. The numbers from the 2010-2012 period are through July 31, 2012.… Keep Reading
Vulcan recognized for safety achievement, land reclamation
MSHA has recognized Vulcan Materials Co.'s Calera Quarry for outstanding safety achievement. Vulcan's Calera employees have worked since February 2006 – more than 1.2 million man-hours – without a lost-time injury, and more than 500,000 man-hours without a medical case. In… Keep Reading
Main to meet with aggregates operators in Seattle
MSHA Assistant Secretary of Labor Joe Main will speak and take questions in Seattle next month as part of MSHA’s planned outreach to the aggregates sector this summer, NSSGA reports. Main will conduct the stakeholder meeting Sept. 10-12, and Bruce… Keep Reading
Mine safety bill reportedly in the works
NSSGA reports Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is developing new mine safety legislation. An initial summary of the proposal, which has not yet been introduced, includes a number of items seen in previous mine safety bills. The items all target mine… Keep Reading
Nineteen mining deaths second fewest ever at midyear
MSHA reports 19 miners died in work-related accidents at mines across the United States in its 2012 midyear summary of mining deaths. Ten of the 19 deaths were coal mining related, while nine were metal and nonmetal mining deaths. Four… Keep Reading
Main addresses concerns of aggregate associations
MSHA Assistant Secretary of Labor Joe Main outlined a number of initiatives and reforms his agency has undertaken over the last two years in remarks Monday to several Midwest state aggregate associations. He also reflected on the disaster that killed… Keep Reading
DOL sues mining companies for unpaid penalties
The U.S. Department of Labor, on behalf of MSHA, has filed complaints in U.S. district courts against mining companies in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire to collect $267,724 in unpaid civil penalties resulting from federal mine safety violations. The complaints… Keep Reading
Main says enhanced enforcement strategies are working
Despite a number of challenges confronting the mining industry over the past two and a half years, MSHA Assistant Secretary Joseph Main says the actions being taken by the agency and many in the industry are moving mine safety and… Keep Reading
