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1. MSHA Reports Ninth Fatality of the Year ...: (Safety & Health); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Oct. 2, a 40-year-old miner with 20 years of experience was fatally injured when struck by stemming sand ejected from a borehole. While ...; Created on 06 December 2018
2. MSHA Reports 15th Fatality of the Year ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Nov. 3, a 44-year-old shift supervisor with three years of experience was killed when a loaded Caterpillar 785B haul truck ran over her ...; Created on 29 November 2018
3. MSHA Reports Ninth Fatality of the Year ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Oct. 2, a 40-year-old miner with 20 years of experience was fatally injured when struck by stemming sand ejected from a borehole. While ...; Created on 25 October 2018
4. MSHA Reports Ninth Fatality of 2018 ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Aug. 22, a 29-year-old miner with one year of experience was fatally injured at a Haines & Kibblehouse plant while cleaning a snub pulley. ...; Created on 04 September 2018
5. MSHA Report ...: (Features); Agency Contacts, Fatality Reports and the Latest MSHA News. The Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health division of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) enforces the Mine Act ...; Created on 13 August 2018
6. MSHA Reports Seventh Fatality of the Year ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on July 31 a 62-year-old foreman with 40 years of experience was fatally injured while dismantling a portable crusher at Susag Sand & Gravel ...; Created on 10 August 2018
7. MSHA Releases Fatality Final Report ...: (Safety & Health); The Mine Safety and Health Administration issued a final report on 2018’s Fatality #2. On March 14, Lee G. Mackay (victim) began work at 7:00 a.m. at Geneva Rock Products Inc.’s Hansen Pit in Draper, ...; Created on 25 July 2018
8. MSHA Reports Fifth Fatality of the Year ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on June 13, a 65-year-old truck driver with four years of experience was fatally injured when his truck traveled over a berm and into an impoundment ...; Created on 02 July 2018
9. MSHA Reports 13th Fatality for 2017 ...: (Safety & Health); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported the 13th fatality for calendar year 2017 in metal and nonmetal mining. On Dec. 30, 2017, an employee in a pickup truck approached the quarry ...; Created on 14 February 2018
10. MSHA Reports First Fatality of the Year ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported the first fatality of 2018 in the metal/nonmetal sector. On Jan. 25, 2018, an articulated haul truck at a CRH sand and gravel plant in Iowa ...; Created on 06 February 2018
11. MSHA Reports 13th Fatality for 2017 ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported the 13th fatality for calendar year 2017 in metal and nonmetal mining. On Dec. 30, 2017, an employee in a pickup truck approached the quarry ...; Created on 16 January 2018
12. MSHA Reports Ninth Fatality of the Year ...: (Safety & Health); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported the ninth fatality of 2017 in the metal/nonmetal sector. The Fall of Material incident happened at Argos USA’s Roberta cement plant in Alabama. ...; Created on 21 November 2017
13. MSHA Reports Ninth Fatality of the Year ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported the ninth fatality of 2017 in the metal/nonmetal sector. The Fall of Material incident happened at Argos USA's Roberta cement plant in Alabama ...; Created on 03 October 2017
14. MSHA Report ...: (Features); The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced it is extending the effective date of the agency’s final rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal ...; Created on 29 August 2017
15. MSHA Reports Fifth Fatality This Year ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported a fatality at EP Management Corp.'s Celatom Plant, a nonmetallic minerals operation in Oregon. On July 14, a part-time mine employee was movin ...; Created on 27 July 2017
16. MSHA Issues Final Report on January Fatality ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued a final report on a Fatal Fall of Ground (Rib/Back) accident that occurred on Jan. 25, 2017, at the Linwood Mine, Linwood Mining and Minerals Corp., ...; Created on 10 July 2017
17. MSHA Reports Fourth Fatality ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is reporting that on June 8, 2017, a truck driver was operating a Caterpillar 777F haul truck, dumping a load of gravel, when the ground at the dump point ...; Created on 26 June 2017
18. MSHA Reports Third Industry Fatality of the Year ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is reporting the third metal/nonmetal mining fatality of the year. On Friday, March 24, 2017, the victim, working at a New Mexico sand and gravel operation, ...; Created on 27 April 2017
19. MSHA Reports Second Metal/Nonmetal Fatality of 2017 ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on March 14, 2017, an independent owner/operator truck driver walked behind his raised end-dump trailer while dumping his load, and was engulfed ...; Created on 06 April 2017
20. MSHA Reports Close Call Accident ...: (Latest News); According to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), a miner at a sand and gravel operation was recently moving an excavator from the pit to an area where the mechanic could work on a loose bucket ...; Created on 15 July 2016
21. New MSHA Online Training Tool Helps Report Injuries ...: (Safety & Health); To assist mine operators and contractors in complying with federal regulations to report accidents, illnesses and injuries, MSHA has created a new interactive, online training tool. Part 50 of ...; Created on 06 August 2015
22. New MSHA Online Training Tool Helps Report Injuries ...: (Latest News); To assist mine operators and contractors in complying with federal regulations to report accidents, illnesses and injuries, MSHA has created a new interactive, online training tool. Part 50 of ...; Created on 27 July 2015
23. MSHA Mid-Year Report Shows 18 Deaths In First Half of 2015 ...: (Latest News); In the first six months of 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recorded the deaths of 18 miners in mining industry accidents in its national mid-year summary. ...; Created on 23 July 2015
24. MSHA Reports March Impact Inspections, Q1 Fatalities ...: (Safety & Health); ... history or particular compliance concerns. The following are the details of one mine’s inspection: MSHA began an impact inspection on March 16 at Georgia Stone Industries, Inc.’s Chelmsford Quarry in ...; Created on 03 June 2015
25. MSHA Reports Impact Inspections ...: (Blog); ... d Fossum Ready Mix, Belzer Pit (15 citations.) Since April 2010, MSHA has conducted 823 impact inspections and issued 13,140 citations, 1,194 orders and 55 safeguards. ...; Created on 04 November 2014
26. MSHA Reports Decrease in Violations ...: (Latest News); The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that federal inspectors issued 190 citations and eight orders during special impact inspections conducted at 15 coal ...; Created on 29 August 2014
27. MSHA Reports on May Impact Inspections ...: (Latest News); ... attention and enforcement due to their poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns. The inspection details of one of the mines are listed below: MSHA began an impact inspection on May 13 ...; Created on 30 June 2014
28. MSHA Reports on Aggregates Fatality ...: (Latest News); According to MSHA, on May 9, 2014, a 20-year-old groundman with 9 weeks of experience was killed at a sand and gravel mill. The victim was unloading a rail car using a mobile rail barge truck conveyor ...; Created on 19 May 2014
29. MSHA Reports on December Impact Inspections ...: (Safety & Health); ... due to their poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns. The inspection details of two mines are listed below: On Dec. 11, 2013, MSHA conducted an impact inspection during the day shift ...; Created on 24 March 2014
30. MSHA Reports 2013 Accident Statistics ...: (Safety & Health); ... 16, respectively, in 2012. Four mining deaths in 2013 involved contractors (two each in coal and metal/nonmetal), marking the fewest number of contractor deaths since MSHA began maintaining contractor ...; Created on 24 February 2014
31. MSHA Reports on Impact Inspections ...: (Safety & Health); MSHA reported that federal inspectors issued 213 citations, 23 orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal mines and five metal/nonmetal mines last month. The ...; Created on 06 November 2013
32. MSHA Reports on August Impact Inspections ...: (Latest News); MSHA reported that federal inspectors issued 213 citations, 23 orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal mines and five metal/nonmetal mines last month. The ...; Created on 30 September 2013
33. MSHA Reports Half-Year Fatality Analysis ...: (Safety & Health); From Jan. 1, 2013, to June 30, 2013, 18 miners died in accidents in the mining industry, according to MSHA. Nine died in coal mining accidents and nine in metal and nonmetal mining accidents. In both coal ...; Created on 03 September 2013
34. MSHA Reports on January Impact Inspections ...: (Latest News); The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that federal inspectors issued 245 citations and 13 orders during special impact inspections conducted at nine coa ...; Created on 04 March 2013
35. MSHA Reports Results of December 2012 Impact Inspections ...: (Safety & Health); The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that federal inspectors issued 150 citations and nine orders during special impact inspections conducted at eight coal ...; Created on 15 February 2013
36. MSHA Reports Two Fatalities in May ...: (Latest News); MSHA is reporting two fatalities in the metal/nonmetal sector in the month of May. On May 15, 2012, a 37-year-old haul truck driver with approximately 2.5 years of experience was killed at an underground ...; Created on 04 June 2012
37. Court Upholds MSHA Interpretation of Guarding and Accident Reporting Regulations ...: (Safety & Health); By Ellen Smith The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has upheld guarding and reporting violations issued by MSHA to Mainline Rock and Ballast Inc., a quarry located in Torrance County, N.M. ...; Created on 09 May 2012
38. CPR Requires Immediate Reporting to MSHA ...: (Safety & Health); By Ellen Smith Operators must contact MSHA within 15 minutes for any reason that cardiopulmonary resuscitation is performed on a mine employee, Commission ALJ Thomas McCarthy has ruled. The case stemmed ...; Created on 09 January 2012
39. MSHA Reports Fatality ...: (Blog); October 24, 2011 – MSHA is reporting that a 32 year-old plant operator with 10 years of experience was killed at a sand and gravel operation. The victim was changing a screen in the plant when he fell ...; Created on 24 October 2011
40. NSSGA Says Safety Reporting Through MSHA Is Enough ...: (Latest News); ... stated that all data required for compliance with the proposal already exists on the website maintained by the MSHA. Further, NSSGA stated disappointment that the proposal requires the reporting of data ...; Created on 02 March 2011
41. Judge Rejects Msha'S Claim For Immediately Reportable Injury ...: (Latest News); ... Law Judge Manning considered this issue in Newmont USA Limited v. Secretary of Labor, which involved competing motions for summary decision by the mine operator and MSHA. Summary decision can only be granted ...; Created on 01 July 2010
42. MSHA Issues New Serious Accident Alert ...: (Safety & Health); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on March 24, two miners were using a man-lift to charge (load) blast holes with non-electric blasting caps, 8-grain boosters and ammonium ...; Created on 30 May 2018
43. MSHA Issues Close Call Accident Alert After Material Slide ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on April 18, a front-end loader operator observed that a portion of the "dirt dump" or refuse pile located on the top rim of the quarry ha ...; Created on 03 May 2018
44. MSHA Inspectors Join Digital Age ...: (Safety & Health); According to Avi Meyerstein of the law firm Husch Blackwell’s Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation team, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that its mine safety inspectors ...; Created on 24 April 2018
45. MSHA Issues New Serious Accident Alert ...: (Latest News); The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on March 24, two miners were using a man-lift to charge (load) blast holes with non-electric blasting caps, 8-grain boosters and ammonium ...; Created on 06 April 2018
46. Regional Reports: (Features); ... Legislative On Oct. 18, U.S. Congressman Rod Blum (R-Iowa) and State Representative Kristi Hager toured the Pattison Sand Co. operations in Clayton, Iowa. MSHA The Mine Safety and Health Administration ...; Created on 19 December 2017
47. President-Elect Trump’s Potential MSHA and OSHA Initiatives ...: (Law); An early look at the president-elect’s potential workplace safety agencies (e.g. MSHA, OSHA and NIOSH) initial actions can provide the transition team, the new cabinet and sub-cabinet, the Congress and ...; Created on 08 December 2016
48. MSHA Hits Texas Quarry With Imminent Danger Order ...: (Latest News); The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that federal inspectors issued 146 citations, six orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections at 11 ...; Created on 24 October 2016
49. Task Training: How MSHA Cites Operators for Unsafe Acts ...: (Law); There Are Two Main Reasons MSHA Focuses On Unsafe Conditions, Not Unsafe Acts, And Those Reasons Are Related. By R. Brian Hendrix Unsafe acts – not unsafe conditions – cause the majority of accidents ...; Created on 22 August 2016
50. MSHA: Mines No Longer Under POV Scrutiny ...: (Latest News); The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that – for the first time since reforms began in 2010 – none of the nation’s more than 13,000 mining operations meets ...; Created on 29 June 2016

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