Jan. 5, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 199 citations and 19 orders during special impact inspections conducted at 10 coal mines and six metal and nonmetal mines in November. There were several aggregates operations targeted, including Hanson Aggregates BMC Inc.’s Springfield Pike Mine & Plant in Pennsylvania (16 citations); and a St.…
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MSHA Chief: POV Reforms Have Made Mines Safer
The pattern of violations reforms undertaken by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration have been “a game changer in mine safety and health culture,” Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joseph A. Main said as the reforms near their second anniversary.
Read MoreMetal/Nonmetal Sector Suffers 17th Fatality
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), on August 2, 2014, a 53-year-old plant operator with 25 years of experience was killed at a sand and gravel plant. The victim was working under the raised bed of a dump truck when the wooden block supporting the load suddenly failed, allowing the bed to fall…
Read MoreMSHA Publishes Proposed Rule On Civil Penalty Assessments
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced it will publish a proposed rule that would amend its existing civil penalty regulations by simplifying the criteria for assessing health and safety violations and increasing emphasis on more serious safety and health conditions, thus providing improved safety and health for miners. The proposed rule was published in the…
Read MoreMSHA Reports on May Impact Inspections
U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 172 citations, 21 orders and two safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 10 coal mines and two metal and nonmetal mines in May.
Read MoreConstruction Materials Prices Hold Steady
Overall construction materials prices remained flat in May but are up 1.6 percent year over year according to the June 13 Producer Price Index release supplied by the U.S. Department of Labor. Nonresidential construction materials prices fell 0.2 percent for the month but are 1.3 percent higher than at the same time one year ago.
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