Workplace Safety and Health News AlertCoal MinesWORKPLACE EXAM RULE: PROPOSED CHANGES AND DELAYSeptember 7, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC On September 12, 2017, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) will publish two proposed rules in the Federal Register to amend the Agency’s Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines final rule (82 Fed. Reg. 7680). Both proposed rules will be available for viewing on… WORKPLACE EXAMINATION RULE – EFFECTIVE DATEMay 18, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC We have learned that the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) intends to extend the effective date of the Workplace Examination Rule until October 2, 2017. The Federal Register notice is now available for public inspection. MSHA has indicated that the additional delay will address… WORKPLACE EXAMINATION RULE UPDATEMay 15, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC The Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) has indicated it is finalizing an extension on the workplace examination final rule to be published in the Federal Register prior to the current effective date of May 23, 2017. It remains unclear how long the extension will be; however, MSHA has… ONE RULE GONE, ANOTHER DELAYEDApril 6, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC Earlier this week, President Donald J. Trump, signed the resolution which finalized the Congressional Review Act process to nullify the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) rule commonly known as the Volks Rule. Based on this resolution, OSHA is prohibited from issuing… MSHA PROPOSES DELAYING EFFECTIVE DATE OF WORKPLACE EXAMINATION RULEMarch 26, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC Today the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) proposed delaying the effective date of its rule for workplace examinations in metal and nonmetal mines until July 24, 2017. MSHA published this update as a proposed rule in the Federal Register. Until MSHA publishes this extension as a… SIXTH CIRCUIT CURTAILS MSHA’S JURISDICTION OVER OFF-SITE REPAIR SHOPSFebruary 15, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held this week that a repair shop not located on a mine site is not a “coal or other mine” subject to regulation by MSHA, even though it makes and repairs mining equipment. In Maxxim Rebuild Company, LLC v. Sec’y of Labor, et al., _ F.3d _ (6th Cir.… MSHA ISSUES FINAL WORKPLACE EXAMINATION RULEJanuary 16, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC Today, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) released for public review its final rule for workplace examinations for metal and nonmetal mines. 30 C.F.R. § 56/57.18002. The rule will be published in the Federal Register on January 23, 2017. The final rule requires that a… |
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