Ogletree Deakins

Autonomous vehicles and MSHA

William Doran and Margo Lopez Published Apr 8, 2019

Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez examine evolving aggregate industry tech and how the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) will respond. Keep Reading

Yes, POV is still a thing

Margo Lopez and William Doran Published Mar 7, 2019

Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez examine the Mine Safety & Health Administration's pattern of violations (POV) enforcement policy. Keep Reading

Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran addresses the 2019 Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference. Photo by PamElla Lee

Impact inspections: Are they still a thing?

Kevin Yanik Published Jan 25, 2019

Although the agency no longer publishes impact inspection details on its website, these remain a tool in the Mine Safety & Health Administration's toolbox, according to Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran. Keep Reading

MSHA admin to oversee coal, metal/nonmetal

Kevin Yanik Published Dec 26, 2018

Timothy Watkins, the agency's new administrator over the two sectors, is a former deputy administrator for coal. Keep Reading

MSHA Assistant Secretary David Zatezalo addressed seat belt safety earlier this year at the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s Annual Convention, stating that it is very difficult to enforce. Says Zatezalo: “I would tell you from my own experience that my father would never wear a seat belt. Toward the end of his life I bought him a car and he started wearing a seat belt. He said the dings and alarms made it easier to put the seat belt on.” Photo courtesy of the NSSGA

Workplace exams, streamlining and scofflaws

William Doran and Margo Lopez Published Dec 19, 2018

Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez offer a report on the Mine Safety & Health Administration activity in 2018. Keep Reading

Photo courtesy of the National Institute for Occupational Safety Health

Why MSHA suspicion isn’t enough in court

William Doran and Margo Lopez Published Nov 5, 2018

Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez explore why the Mine Act does not permit a citation based on mere speculation that a violation – that has not yet occurred – could happen in the future. Keep Reading

Inspector sign-in standards

Margo Lopez and William Doran Published Oct 5, 2018

Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez discuss sign-in standards for Mine Safety & Health Administration inspectors at aggregate operations. Keep Reading

Workplace examinations: Clarification or confusion?

William Doran and Margo Lopez Published Sep 10, 2018

What is the Mine Safety & Health Administration really saying in its latest guidance on the controversial workplace exams rule? Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez explore. Keep Reading