| January |
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01/04/1999 |
New Training Standards Coincide With Surge in Jobs at Rock
and Sand and Gravel Quarries - Meetings Schedule - Dallas, Texas
- Jan. 5, 1999 |
|
01/05/1999 |
Number of Mining Deaths Declines In 1998 |
| February
|
|
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No Releases For February |
| March
|
|
03/11/1999 |
MSHA Levies $200,000 Civil Penalty Against Arizona Mine Operator
for 1998 Fatality |
|
03/29/1999 |
MSHA Offers Penalty-Free Truck Inspections to Contractors in West Virginia |
| April
|
|
04/13/1999 |
MSHA Offers Penalty-Free Truck Inspections to Contractors in
West Virginia |
|
04/09/1999 |
Miner Training Rule Proposed |
| May
|
|
05/14/1999 |
Alert Issued One Day Before Oklahoma Drowning
Mine Safety Agency Reiterates Warning on Hazards, Dangers Found at Abandoned Mines |
|
05/12/1999 |
MSHA, State Mining Officials Meet in Beckley Today on Black Lung Efforts |
|
05/11/1999 |
MSHA Reaches Out to Smallest Mines in Metal and Nonmetal Sector |
|
05/10/1999 |
MSHA's New PROP Program Calls Attention to Hazards That Lead to Roof Falls |
|
05/10/1999 |
MSHA To Launch "Stay Out - Stay Alive" National Safety Campaign |
| June
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06/14/1999 |
Mock Disaster Enables Rescue Teams to Practice Within Setting of Controlled Chaos |
|
06/15/1999 |
National "Stay Out -- Stay Alive" Safety Campaign Comes to Belmont, Ohio |
|
06/29/1999 |
MSHA Selects Two New Directors for Educational Training
and Technical Support |
| July
|
| There were no releases for July |
| August
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|
08/06/1999 |
Investigation into Cause of Blast Continues
MSHA to Hold Public Hearing on Explosion at Kaiser
Aluminum Plant |
|
08/26/1999 |
Another Step in Long-Term Campaign
MSHA Publishes Data, Techniques for Preventing Black Lung |
| September
|
|
09/01/1999 |
Mining Operations Recognized for Outstanding Safety Records |
|
09/09/1999 |
New Standards Add Protections For Miners Exposed to Noise |
|
09/15/1999 |
Simulated Mine Disaster is Setting of Controlled Chaos
Teams from Russia, Canada Will Compete in U.S. Mine Rescue Contest |
|
09/25/1999 |
Utah and Kentucky Teams Win Other Phases of Contest
Teams from Illinois, West Virginia Are Winners in National Mine Rescue Contest |
| October
|
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10/01/1999 |
New Rules Will Require Safety Training for Stone and Gravel Miners |
|
10/14/1999 |
MSHA Resumes Hearing into Explosion at Kaiser Aluminum Plant |
|
10/19/1999 |
MSHA Offers Penalty-Free Truck Inspections to Contractors in Virginia |
| November
|
|
11/22/1999 |
Free Tests are Another Step Toward Ending Black Lung
Kentucky Coal Miners to Get Free, Confidential Chest X-rays Under New MSHA Plan |
|
11/30/1999 |
Free Chest X-rays are Another Step Toward Ending Black Lung
U.S. Coal Miners to Get Free Chest X-rays Under MSHA Plan to Count Black Lung Cases |
| December
|
|
12/09/1999 |
MSHA Establishes Toll-Free Hotline to Report Unsafe Access to Mines |
|
12/10/1999 |
Extent of Problems Under Investigation
MSHA Alerts Mining Community on Self-Rescue Devices |
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12/22/1999 |
MSHA, West Virginia Jointly Tackle Stockpile Problem |
