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What's New for March 2012


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.

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

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

POSTED: 3/1/2012
News Release

MSHA announces results of January impact inspections

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.

POSTED: 3/6/2012
News Release

MSHA internal review team releases report on agency's actions prior to UBB blast

POSTED: 3/6/2012
Internal Review

Review of MSHA's Actions at the Upper Big Branch Mine-South

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

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

POSTED: 3/9/2012
FedReg Doc. 2012-5713

Petitions for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards

POSTED: 3/9/2012
FedReg Doc. 2012-5712

Petitions for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards

POSTED: 3/9/2012
FedReg Doc. 2012-5711

Petitions for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards

POSTED: 3/13/2012
Fatal Accident Report

Fatality #15 - September 1, 2011
Machinery - Surface - Wyoming
Peabody Powder River Mining LLC - North Antelope Rochelle Mine

POSTED: 3/13/2012
Fatalgram

Fatality #3 - March 3, 2012
Handling Materials - Underground - Kentucky
Partin Brothers Contracting, Inc. - Timber Tree #9 Mine

POSTED: 3/13/2012
Fatalgram

Fatality #2 - February 22, 2012
Fall of Person - Florida - Crushed, Broken Limestone
White Rock Quarries - White Rock Quarries

POSTED: 3/13/2012
Fatalgram

Fatality #3 - February 22, 2012
Fall of Person - Florida - Crushed, Broken Limestone
White Rock Quarries - White Rock Quarries

POSTED: 3/14/2012
Safety Alert

Electrical Connectors and Junction Boxes Must Maintain Proper Internal Separation for Conductors of Multiple Intrinsically Safe Circuits

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

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

POSTED: 3/21/2012
Program Information Bulletin

P12-04
Reissue of P07-06 - Guy Wires of Poles Supporting High-Voltage Electric Power Lines

POSTED: 3/21/2012
Program Information Bulletin

P12-03
Escape Capsules in Underground Coal Mines

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.

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

POSTED: 3/22/2012
Fedreg. Doc. 2012-6872

Proposed Extension of Existing Information Collection; Occupational Noise Exposure

POSTED: 3/22/2012
Fedreg. Doc. 2012-6871

Proposed Extension of Existing Information Collection; Training, Training Plans, and Records

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)

POSTED: 3/22/2012
Accident Prevention Alert

  3 Foreman Killed
+1 Miner Killed
  4 Consecutive Weekends

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

POSTED: 3/23/2012
Fedreg. Doc. 2012-6989

Proposed Extension of Existing Information Collection;Diesel-Powered Equipment for Underground Coal Mines

POSTED: 3/23/2012
Fedreg. Doc. 2012-6988

Proposed Extension of Existing Information Collection; Independent Contractor Registration and Identification

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

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

POSTED: 3/26/2012
Program Information Bulletin

P12-06
Reissue of P07-19 - Hazards of Sliding Table Masonry Saws

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

POSTED: 3/27/2012
News Release

MSHA announces results of February impact inspections
5 coal mines selected based on frequent hazard complaints

POSTED: 3/27/2012
Fatalgram

Fatality #5 - March 17, 2012
Machinery - Surface - Ohio
Ohio American Energy, Inc. - Salt Run #1 Mine

POSTED: 3/27/2012
Fatal Accident Report

Fatality #8 - June 27, 2011
Fall of Face/Rib - Underground - West Virginia
Rhino Eastern LLC - Eagle #1

POSTED: 3/27/2012
Fatal Accident Report

Fatality #11 - July 21, 2011
Powered Haulage - Surface - New Mexico
BHP Navajo Coal Company - Navajo Mine

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

POSTED: 3/27/2012
Fatal Accident Report

Fatality #13 - November 7, 2011
Machinery - Iowa - Construction Sand and Gravel
Anderson Sand & Gravel - Anderson Sand & Gravel

POSTED: 3/29/2012
Fatalgram

Fatality #4 - March 20, 2012
Fall of Face/Rib/Highwall - Montana - Gemstones
Mike Roberts - Vortex Mine

POSTED: 3/29/2012
News Release

MSHA: Advance notification of federal mine inspectors still a serious problem

POSTED: 3/28/2012
Safety Alert

Four fatalities occurred at MNM mines in the first three months of 2012

POSTED: 3/30/2012
Fatalgram

Fatality #6 - March 23, 2012
Electrical - Underground - Alabama
Drummond Mining Company - Shoal Creek Mine