September 7, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 15
©2017 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…
May 18, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 11
©2017 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…
May 15, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 9
©2017 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…
April 6, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 7
©2017 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…
March 26, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 6
©2017 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…
February 15, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 4
©2017 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.…
January 16, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 3
©2017 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…
September 7, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 15
©2017 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…
May 18, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 11
©2017 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…
May 15, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 9
©2017 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…
April 6, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 7
©2017 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…
March 26, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 6
©2017 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…
February 15, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 4
©2017 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.…
January 16, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 3
©2017 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…
