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Lapse in Appropriations

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.

FOIA procedures apply to everyone who handles FOIA requests in MSHA. You must always keep a hard copy of the original FOIA request and any amendments to that request.  Additionally, you should maintain the following information in your FOIA file:

  • Copies of all documents that are withheld in full;
  • Sanitized and unsanitized copies of documents that are being withheld in part; and
  • Copies of documents that are being released in full.