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Mine Safety & Health Deskbook


 For workplace safety and health, please call 800-321-6742; for mine safety and health, please call 800-746-1553; for Job Corps, please call 800-733-5627 and for Wage and Hour, please call 1-866-487-9243 (1 866-4-US-WAGE).  This website is currently not being updated due to the suspension of Federal government services. The last update to the site was 10/1/2025.  Updates to the site will start again when the Federal government resumes operations.

The Office of the Solicitor’s Division of Mine Safety and Health has developed a “Mine Safety & Health Deskbook”. The Deskbook includes the current, operative text of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), as amended by numerous other statutes through April 2016. It also contains the text of other laws related to the protection of miner safety and health that may be useful to the mining community.

Access the Mine Safety & Health Deskbook here

The Deskbook is not an official document.  Do not use the Deskbook as a legal citation to authority.