April 30, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 9
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On April 30, 2018, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) held its quarterly stake holders call and discussed powered haulage. The call focused on three specific areas where mining fatalities occurred related to powered haulage: large vehicles running over small vehicles, seatbelt…
April 25, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 8
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
In a case closely watched by the crane operating and mining industries, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, in a 3-1 decision, held that a miner’s presence under a crane’s spreader bar violates MSHA’s suspended load standard when not connected with the rigging process. However,…
April 18, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 7
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
As most metal/nonmetal mine operators know by now, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) published the Final Rule amending requirements for workplace examinations on April 9, 2018. The substance of the Final Rule is discussed in a previous Jackson Kelly news alert, which is available…
April 5, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 6
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Today, the Mine Safety and Health Administration ("MSHA") made available for public viewing its latest Final Rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines. The Rule, which will be published in the Federal Register on Monday, April 9, revises the existing Workplace Examination…
February 28, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 5
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On February 21, 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued guidance on Interim Enforcement Procedures for Failure to Submit Electronic Illness and Injury Records under 29 C.F.R. § 1904.41(a)(1) and (a)(2). Employer establishments subject to OSHA recordkeeping…
February 26, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 4
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Herb Gibson, Area Director for the Denver Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) office, spoke at the February meeting of the Colorado Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (“ASSE”). At that meeting, he listed the priorities for the Colorado OSHA offices for 2018,…
February 11, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 3
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) conducted its quarterly Stakeholders’ call on February 12, 2018, whereby it reviewed accident information and provided brief updates on educational and regulatory developments.
Agency representatives began the call by reviewing fatality and…
February 6, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 2
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On Tuesday, February 6, 2018, David G. Zatezalo, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, testified before the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections in a hearing to review “the Policies and Priorities of the Mine Safety and Health Administration.”…
January 2, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 1
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
In accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”), and several other U.S. Department of Labor civil penalties are increasing. This yearly inflation adjustment, an…
December 18, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 26
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Do you have more than 20 employees in one of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) listed industries? Or, do you have more than 250 employees at one of your establishments where you keep OSHA logs? Have you submitted your 300a summary to OSHA? If not, do not worry as OSHA…
December 5, 2017
On National Miners Day, Jackson Kelly PLLC recognizes and celebrates all of the men and women who work in America’s mines and for all that they do to maximize our natural resources and make our modern life possible. Miners are at work in every state, extracting coal, gold, salt, limestone, granite, copper, iron, zinc, gravel, and dozens of other essential stones and minerals. They supply the raw…
November 26, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 24
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On November 13, 2017, the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) published a final rule that expands the DOT’s current drug testing panel to include certain semi-synthetic opioids (i.e., hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, and oxymorphone). DOT drug testing regulations, which apply to all modes…
April 30, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 9
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On April 30, 2018, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) held its quarterly stake holders call and discussed powered haulage. The call focused on three specific areas where mining fatalities occurred related to powered haulage: large vehicles running over small vehicles, seatbelt…
April 25, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 8
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
In a case closely watched by the crane operating and mining industries, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, in a 3-1 decision, held that a miner’s presence under a crane’s spreader bar violates MSHA’s suspended load standard when not connected with the rigging process. However,…
April 18, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 7
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
As most metal/nonmetal mine operators know by now, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) published the Final Rule amending requirements for workplace examinations on April 9, 2018. The substance of the Final Rule is discussed in a previous Jackson Kelly news alert, which is available…
April 5, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 6
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Today, the Mine Safety and Health Administration ("MSHA") made available for public viewing its latest Final Rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines. The Rule, which will be published in the Federal Register on Monday, April 9, revises the existing Workplace Examination…
February 28, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 5
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On February 21, 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued guidance on Interim Enforcement Procedures for Failure to Submit Electronic Illness and Injury Records under 29 C.F.R. § 1904.41(a)(1) and (a)(2). Employer establishments subject to OSHA recordkeeping…
February 26, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 4
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Herb Gibson, Area Director for the Denver Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) office, spoke at the February meeting of the Colorado Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (“ASSE”). At that meeting, he listed the priorities for the Colorado OSHA offices for 2018,…
February 11, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 3
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) conducted its quarterly Stakeholders’ call on February 12, 2018, whereby it reviewed accident information and provided brief updates on educational and regulatory developments.
Agency representatives began the call by reviewing fatality and…
February 6, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 2
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On Tuesday, February 6, 2018, David G. Zatezalo, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, testified before the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections in a hearing to review “the Policies and Priorities of the Mine Safety and Health Administration.”…
January 2, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 1
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
In accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”), and several other U.S. Department of Labor civil penalties are increasing. This yearly inflation adjustment, an…
December 18, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 26
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Do you have more than 20 employees in one of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) listed industries? Or, do you have more than 250 employees at one of your establishments where you keep OSHA logs? Have you submitted your 300a summary to OSHA? If not, do not worry as OSHA…
December 5, 2017
On National Miners Day, Jackson Kelly PLLC recognizes and celebrates all of the men and women who work in America’s mines and for all that they do to maximize our natural resources and make our modern life possible. Miners are at work in every state, extracting coal, gold, salt, limestone, granite, copper, iron, zinc, gravel, and dozens of other essential stones and minerals. They supply the raw…
November 26, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 24
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On November 13, 2017, the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) published a final rule that expands the DOT’s current drug testing panel to include certain semi-synthetic opioids (i.e., hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, and oxymorphone). DOT drug testing regulations, which apply to all modes…
