MSHA Announces Results of April Impact Inspections

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 147 citations and 15 orders during special impact inspections conducted at 12 coal mines and four metal and nonmetal mines in April. The monthly inspections, which began in force in April 2010 following the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine, involve mines that…

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MSHA Reports on December Impact Inspections

T he U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 135 citations, 24 orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections conducted at 11 coal mines and two metal and nonmetal mines in December 2013. Only one aggregates operation was inspected: BCJ Sand and Rock Inc. Eight violations were uncovered. The monthly inspections, which…

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