The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) completed impact inspections at 16 mines in 11 states in December 2023, issuing 247 violations. The agency began conducting impact inspections after an April 2010 explosion in West Virginia at the Upper Big Branch Mine killed 29 miners. MSHA’s impact inspections in 2023 identified 2,739 violations,…
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Buzzi Unicem Sells 2,629 Acres to the State of Illinois
Lone Star Industries Inc., dba Buzzi Unicem USA, announced the sale of 2,629 acres to the State of Illinois in an effort to promote mined land reclamation and expand the state’s most heavily visited state parks.
Read MoreMSHA Hits Texas Quarry With Imminent Danger Order
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that federal inspectors issued 146 citations, six orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections at 11 coal mines and five metal and nonmetal mines in September 2016.
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