Workplace Safety and Health News AlertCoal MinesMSHA Releases Highly-Anticipated Rule Addressing Respirable Crystalline Silica ExposureApril 16, 2024 On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) released its final rule aimed at reducing miners’ exposure to respirable crystalline silica, otherwise known as silica dust or quartz dust. The final rule largely adopts the version MSHA proposed last year that modifies the limits of exposure to crystalline silica and increases existing protections against other… MSHA Final Rule on Safety Program for Surface Mobile EquipmentDecember 21, 2023 On December 19, 2023, the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (“MSHA”) final rule addressing a Safety Program for Surface Mobile Equipment (the “Final Rule”) became effective. The Final Rule was published December 20, 2023, in the Federal Register and can be found at this link: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/20/2023-27640/safety-program-for-surface-mobile-equipment The Final… Changes Made to Deliberate Intent Law in West VirginiaJune 20, 2023 During the 2023 regular session, the West Virginia Legislature passed House Bill 3270 amending the state’s deliberate intent law. HB 3270 became law without the Governor’s signature and will apply to injuries occurring on or after July 1, 2023. HB 3270 made two changes. First, a requirement was added to § 23-4-2(d)(2)(B)(v)(IV) that when an employee asserts deliberate intent with respect to… COMING SOON: COVID-19 GUIDANCE REGARDING PART 46 AND PART 48 ANNUAL REFRESHER TRAININGMarch 20, 2020 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC RESPONDING TO THE COVID-19/CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK: WHAT MINE OPERATORS NEED TO KNOWMarch 17, 2020 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC The novel coronavirus, frequently referred to as “COVID-19,” has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (“WHO”). The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) has issued and continues to update its guidance on means and methods that the public should be employing… COMMISSION CLARIFIES STANDARDS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTSNovember 19, 2019 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (“Commission”) handed down a decision on September 30, 2019, which served to clarify earlier rulings regarding how much independence the Secretary of Labor’s (“Secretary”) Solicitors have in crafting and offering settlement agreements for Mine… MSHA WORKPLACE EXAMINATION RULE: IT IS SO 2017!November 8, 2019 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC After years of back and forth, stakeholder meetings, and anxiety over the requirements of 30 C.F.R. §§ 56/57.18002, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) is now gearing up for enforcement of the 2017 Final Rule commencing on or about December 30, 2019. The 2017 Final Rule is… MSHA WORKPLACE EXAMINATION RULE: D.C. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS WALKS BACK THE 2018 RULEJune 14, 2019 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC MSHA SPRING 2019 SEMI-ANNUAL REGULATORY AGENDAMay 27, 2019 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Spring 2019 semi-annual regulatory agenda for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) on May 22, 2019. In the Pre-Rule Stage for MSHA:
LAURA E. BEVERAGE TO PRESENT AT THE 2019 NEW MEXICO MINE HEALTH & SAFETY CONFERENCEApril 21, 2019 Laura E. Beverage, Esq. will be presenting "Update on Agent Liability Under Section 110(c) of the Mine Act" at the 2019 New Mexico Mine Health & Safety Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Thursday, May 9, 2019. MSHA TO UNDERTAKE PHASE TWO OF THE "ONE MSHA" INITIATIVEApril 18, 2019 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC Soon after his confirmation, David Zatezalo, the Assistant Secretary of Labor, MSHA, began laying out his vision for MSHA under his leadership. A key aspect of his vision is “One MSHA,” a mission to eliminate the historical separation within MSHA between metal/nonmetal mines and coal mines. In… A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION: PUSH FOR REFORM WITHIN MSHADecember 11, 2018 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC As 2018 comes to a close and we look to the start of a new year, many Americans are thinking about their New Year’s resolutions. The top resolution among mine operators should be to push for meaningful agency reform within the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”). With the current… |
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