Important Steps toward Improving Protections for Miners
I applaud the proposal released by the Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to improve the mining pattern of violations (POV) process. This proposal is a real step in the...
View ArticleMine Safety Proposal Significant Step in Right Direction to Protect Miners’...
Yesterday’s proposal from the Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is a significant step in the right direction to hold chronic violators accountable for repeatedly...
View ArticleRenewing Our Commitment to Promote Safe Mines
Editor’s note: This blog is based on an op-ed that appeared in the Beckley Register-Herald. Every mining death that occurs leaves a lasting impact not only on the victim’s family, but on the community...
View ArticleNew Online Tracking Tool to Aid Mining Industry
The department’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has created a new online tool for the mining industry. The S&S Rate Calculator enables mine operators who have implemented a corrective action...
View ArticleKeeping Miners Safe
To prevent death, disease and injury from mining, and to promote safe and healthful workplaces for the nation’s miners – this is the mission of the Mine Safety and Health Administration. President...
View ArticleMining’s Changing Culture — 4 years after UBB
We are about to mark the 4th anniversary of one of the most devastating coal mining accidents in decades. On April 5, 2010, 29 miners were killed and two were seriously injured in a massive explosion...
View ArticleThe Real Game Changer in Mine Safety
Soon after taking the job as the Labor Department’s assistant secretary of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, I directed the implementation of sweeping reforms to the Pattern of Violations...
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