What's New for July 2012
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POSTED: 7/3/2012 Failures of Fittings and Valves in Refuge Alternatives Powerpoint Presentation |
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POSTED: 7/10/2012 Reaffirming the Legal Rights of Miners Among the most critical provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 is the protection of miners against retaliation for raising health and safety concerns. Two recent decisions by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission have affirmed the legal rights of miners to be protected against discrimination in the workplace. — Read More... |
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POSTED: 7/10/2012 Fatalgram Fatality #10 - June 25, 2012 Fall of Face/Rib/Highwall - Underground - Kentucky McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. - Mine #23 |
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POSTED: 7/11/2012 P12-10 Program Information Bulletin Report on Coal Pillar Recovery under Deep Cover |
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POSTED: 7/12/2012 News Release US Department of Labor sues 3 'scofflaw' New England mining companies to collect more than $267,000 in unpaid civil penalties for mine safety violations Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire violators also face interest and surcharges |
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POSTED: 7/12/2012 News Release MSHA proposes more than $594,000 in fines to Kentucky coal company for violations related to 2011 mine fatality |
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POSTED: 7/13/2012 Fatal Accident Report Fatality #20 - November 7, 2011 Powered Haulage - Underground Mine - Kentucky Hubble Mining Company LLC - Mine No 9 |
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POSTED: 7/13/2012 Metal/Nonmetal Hazard Alert Powered Haulage - Don't become the 100th... |
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POSTED: 7/13/2012 Stakeholders Meeting Held July 11, 2012 |
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POSTED: 7/17/2012 Remarks of Joseph A. Main, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OHIO, July 16, 2012 |
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POSTED: 7/17/2012 News Release MSHA Assistant Secretary Main addresses concerns of aggregate associations |
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POSTED: 7/17/2012 Fedreg. Doc 2012-17342 Petition for Modification |
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POSTED: 7/17/2012 Fedreg. Doc 2012-17341 Proposed Extension of Existing Information Collection; Main Fan Operation and Inspection in Gassy Underground Metal and Nonmetal Mines |
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POSTED: 7/19/2012 News Release US Labor Department's MSHA releases midyear mine fatality update |
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POSTED: 7/19/2012 Fatal Accident Report Fatality #14 - November 17, 2011 Slip/Fall of Person - Idaho - Silver Ore Hecla Limited - Lucky Friday |
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POSTED: 7/19/2012 Fatal Accident Report Fatality #11 - October 28, 2011 Other - Nevada - Gold Ore Newmont USA Limited - South Area |
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POSTED: 7/24/2012 Equipment Hazard Alert RECALL/STOP USE NOTICE 3M™ Series Self Retracting Lanyards 3M is recalling the THOR family of Self-Retracting Lanyards units manufactured by IKAR from November 01, 2011 to June 25, 2012 (M-, RLD- and 205G- Series) as result of concerns with the brake pad material found in this family of retractable lanyards. |
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POSTED: 7/24/2012 Fatalgram Fatality #11 - July 14, 2012 Powered Haulage - Surface - Colorado Colowyo Coal Company LP - Colowyo Mine |
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POSTED: 7/24/2012 Fatal Accident Report Fatality #3 - February 22, 2012 Fall of Person - Florida - Crushed, Broken Limestone White Rock Quarries - White Rock Quarries |
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POSTED: 7/25/2012 Fatal Accident Report Fatality #4 - March 20, 2012 Fall of Face/Rib/Highwall - Montana - Gemstones Mike Roberts - Vortex Mine |
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POSTED: 7/26/2012 Procedure Instruction Letter I12-V-19 District Field Change Requests for Adding Proximity Detection Systems |
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POSTED: 7/26/2012 Procedure Instruction Letter I12-V-18 Phasing Out CSE Corporation SR-100 Self-Contained Self-Rescuers and Enforcement |
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POSTED: 7/26/2012 Fatal Accident Report Fatality #13 - August 8, 2011 Machinery - Underground - Ohio American Energy Corporation - Century Mine |
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POSTED: 7/26/2012 Fedreg. Doc 2012-18205 Notice of OMB approval of information collection requirements Examinations of Work Areas in Underground Coal Mines for Violations of Mandatory Health or Safety Standards |
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POSTED: 7/27/2012 Remarks of Joseph A. Main, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, Upper Big Branch Mine Miners Memorial Dedication, Whitesville, W.Va., July 27, 2012 |
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POSTED: 7/30/2012 Remarks of Joseph A. Main, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, 10th Anniversary of Quecreek Mine Rescue, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, July 28, 2012 |
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POSTED: 7/31/2012 News Release MSHA announces results of June impact inspections Mine placed on pattern of violations in 2011 is one of targeted operations |
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POSTED: 7/31/2012 Fedreg. Doc 2012-18436 Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA). |
