What's New for March 2012
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POSTED: 3/1/2012 Safety Hazard Alert Sudden unintended boom movements have been found with several Caterpillar 988G/H model front-end loaders. This condition was first discovered during the investigation of a recent metal/nonmetal mine fatality. |
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POSTED: 3/1/2012 Fatal Accident Report Fatality #16 - October 7, 2011 Falling, Rolling, or Sliding Rock or Material - Underground - Kentucky Owlco Energy LLC - Mine No. 1 |
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POSTED: 3/1/2012 Fatalgram Fatality #2 - February 14, 2012 Fall of Face/Rib/Highwall - Alabama - Common Shale Mining Rare Red Rock - Rare Red Rock |
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POSTED: 3/1/2012 News Release MSHA announces results of January impact inspections |
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POSTED: 3/2/2012 Accident Prevention Safety Idea Preventing Eye Injuries Miners are regularly exposed to workplace hazards that pose dangers to their eyes. From 2000 through 2011, about 3,200 eye injuries occurred in the mining industry. |
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POSTED: 3/6/2012 News Release MSHA internal review team releases report on agency's actions prior to UBB blast |
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POSTED: 3/6/2012 Internal Review Review of MSHA's Actions at the Upper Big Branch Mine-South |
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POSTED: 3/8/2012 Program Policy Letter P12-V-01 Reissue of P09-V-08 - Procedures for Revoking MSHA Certifications to Take Respirable Dust Samples or to Maintain and Calibrate Approved Dust Sampling Devices |
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POSTED: 3/8/2012 Procedure Instruction Letter I12-III-01 Re-Issue of I09-III-01- MSHA Procedures for Assigning Legal Identity Numbers and Relocation Notices at Auger and Highwall Mining Operations |
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POSTED: 3/9/2012 FedReg Doc. 2012-5713 Petitions for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards |
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POSTED: 3/9/2012 FedReg Doc. 2012-5712 Petitions for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards |
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POSTED: 3/9/2012 FedReg Doc. 2012-5711 Petitions for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards |
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POSTED: 3/13/2012 Fatal Accident Report Fatality #15 - September 1, 2011 Machinery - Surface - Wyoming Peabody Powder River Mining LLC - North Antelope Rochelle Mine |
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POSTED: 3/13/2012 Fatalgram Fatality #3 - March 3, 2012 Handling Materials - Underground - Kentucky Partin Brothers Contracting, Inc. - Timber Tree #9 Mine |
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POSTED: 3/13/2012 Fatalgram Fatality #2 - February 22, 2012 Fall of Person - Florida - Crushed, Broken Limestone White Rock Quarries - White Rock Quarries |
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POSTED: 3/13/2012 Fatalgram Fatality #3 - February 22, 2012 Fall of Person - Florida - Crushed, Broken Limestone White Rock Quarries - White Rock Quarries |
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POSTED: 3/14/2012 Safety Alert Electrical Connectors and Junction Boxes Must Maintain Proper Internal Separation for Conductors of Multiple Intrinsically Safe Circuits |
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POSTED: 3/20/2012 Fatalgram Fatality #4 - March 10, 2012 Fall of Face/Rib/Highwall - Underground - West Virginia Kingston Mining, Inc. - Kingston N0. 2 Mine |
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POSTED: 3/21/2012 Program Information Bulletin P12-05 Reissue of P07-21 - Clarification of Requirements of Conveyor Start-Up Warnings for 30 CFR §§ 56.14201 and 57.14201 |
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POSTED: 3/21/2012 Program Information Bulletin P12-04 Reissue of P07-06 - Guy Wires of Poles Supporting High-Voltage Electric Power Lines |
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POSTED: 3/21/2012 Program Information Bulletin P12-03 Escape Capsules in Underground Coal Mines |
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POSTED: 3/22/2012 I12-IV-03 Procedure Instruction Letter Re-issue of I10-V-11 - Procedures for Informing State Agencies When Dams are No Longer Subject to MSHA Jurisdiction. |
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POSTED: 3/22/2012 I12-IV-02 Procedure Instruction Letter Reissue of I10-IV-01 - Determining compliance under 30 CFR ยงยง 56.5002 and 57.5002 |
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POSTED: 3/22/2012 Fedreg. Doc. 2012-6872 Proposed Extension of Existing Information Collection; Occupational Noise Exposure |
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POSTED: 3/22/2012 Fedreg. Doc. 2012-6871 Proposed Extension of Existing Information Collection; Training, Training Plans, and Records |
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POSTED: 3/22/2012 Fedreg. Doc. 2012-6870 Proposed Extension of Existing Information Collection; Mine Mapping and Records of Opening, Closing, and Reopening of Mines (Formerly, Record of Mine Closures, Opening & Reopening of Mines) |
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POSTED: 3/22/2012 Accident Prevention Alert 3 Foreman Killed +1 Miner Killed 4 Consecutive Weekends |
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POSTED: 3/23/2012 An Independent Panel Assessment of An Internal Review of MSHA Enforcement Actions at the Upper Big Branch Mine South Requested by The Honorable Hilda L. Solis Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor |
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POSTED: 3/23/2012 Fedreg. Doc. 2012-6989 Proposed Extension of Existing Information Collection;Diesel-Powered Equipment for Underground Coal Mines |
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POSTED: 3/23/2012 Fedreg. Doc. 2012-6988 Proposed Extension of Existing Information Collection; Independent Contractor Registration and Identification |
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POSTED: 3/26/2012 Fatal Accident Report Fatality #14 - August 15, 2011 Fall of Roof or Back - Underground - West Virginia Mingo Logan Coal Company - Mountaineer II Mine |
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POSTED: 3/26/2012 I12-V-03 and I12-IV-04 Procedure Instruction Letter Reissue of I10-V-08 - Use of Digital Cameras and the Storage and Preservation of Digital Images |
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POSTED: 3/26/2012 Program Information Bulletin P12-06 Reissue of P07-19 - Hazards of Sliding Table Masonry Saws |
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POSTED: 3/27/2012 Testimony Statement of Joseph A. Main, Assistant Secretary of Labor For Mine Safety and Health Before the Committee on Education and the Workforce, United States House of Representatives - March 27, 2012 |
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POSTED: 3/27/2012 News Release MSHA announces results of February impact inspections 5 coal mines selected based on frequent hazard complaints |
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POSTED: 3/27/2012 Fatalgram Fatality #5 - March 17, 2012 Machinery - Surface - Ohio Ohio American Energy, Inc. - Salt Run #1 Mine |
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POSTED: 3/27/2012 Fatal Accident Report Fatality #8 - June 27, 2011 Fall of Face/Rib - Underground - West Virginia Rhino Eastern LLC - Eagle #1 |
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POSTED: 3/27/2012 Fatal Accident Report Fatality #11 - July 21, 2011 Powered Haulage - Surface - New Mexico BHP Navajo Coal Company - Navajo Mine |
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POSTED: 3/27/2012 Fatal Accident Report Fatality #7 - June 9, 2011 Slip/Fall of Person - Surface at Underground - Colorado Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. - West Elk Mine |
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POSTED: 3/27/2012 Fatal Accident Report Fatality #13 - November 7, 2011 Machinery - Iowa - Construction Sand and Gravel Anderson Sand & Gravel - Anderson Sand & Gravel |
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POSTED: 3/29/2012 Fatalgram Fatality #4 - March 20, 2012 Fall of Face/Rib/Highwall - Montana - Gemstones Mike Roberts - Vortex Mine |
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POSTED: 3/29/2012 News Release MSHA: Advance notification of federal mine inspectors still a serious problem |
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POSTED: 3/28/2012 Safety Alert Four fatalities occurred at MNM mines in the first three months of 2012 |
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POSTED: 3/30/2012 Fatalgram Fatality #6 - March 23, 2012 Electrical - Underground - Alabama Drummond Mining Company - Shoal Creek Mine |
