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  • Impact inspections at 15 mines identify 31 significant violations, 3 unwarrantable failure findings

    05 August 2024

    The US Department of Labor has announced that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 15 mines in 12 states in June 2024 and cited mine operators for 195 violations. The agency began conducting impact inspections after an April 2010 explosion in West Virginia at the Upper Big Branch Mine killed 29 miners....

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  • Regulator completes 12-month safety, health screening of US mines

    23 July 2024

    The US Department of Labor has announced that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has released results of a Pattern of Violations screening that identifies chronic violators and mine operators that show a disregard for miners’ health and safety. The results follow the agency’s reviews which, for the first time, included more than one POV screening by MSHA in a calendar year....

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  • Impact inspections find 247 violations at 15 mines with histories of repeated health, safety violations

    17 June 2024

    The US Department of Labor has announced that its Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) completed impact inspections at 15 mines in 11 states in April 2024, issuing 247 violations and two safeguards. An inspector issued safeguards due to site-specific standards at underground coal mines to address safety hazards related to transportation of miners and materials in haulage ways....

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  • US mine regulator announces March 2024 impact inspection results

    07 May 2024

    The US Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 14 mines in 11 states in March 2024, issuing 199 violations and one safeguard.­­ The agency began conducting impact inspections after a 2010 explosion killed 29 miners in West Virginia. The latest round of inspections identified 74 significant & substantial failures and four unwarrantable failure findings....

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  • Impact inspections at 13 mines in February 2024 identify 58 significant, substantial violations

    26 March 2024

    The US Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced it completed impact inspections at 13 mines in nine states in February 2024, identifying 207 violations. The agency began conducting impact inspections after an April 2010 explosion in West Virginia at the Upper Big Branch Mine killed 29 miners....

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Two separate coal mine incidents kill 16 15 March 2024

Two separate coal mine accidents killed 16 people in a 24-hour period in China on 11 & 12 March. Chinese state media said seven people were killed after a coal bunker collapsed in the country’s Shanxi province while nine people died just hours later following a gas explosion at a mine in the eastern Anhui province....

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US Department of Labor issues 188 violations in latest impact inspections at 15 mines 27 February 2024

The US Department of Labor has announced that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 15 mines in 10 states in January 2024, issuing 188 violations. The agency began conducting impact inspections after an April 2010 explosion in West Virginia at the Upper Big Branch Mine killed 29 miners....

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US Mine Safety and Health Administration identifies chronic violator in 2023 screening process 06 February 2024

The US Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has released the results of its second 2023 Pattern of Violations (POV) screening to identify chronic violators and mine operators demonstrating a disregard for the health and safety of miners. This was the first time that the agency conducted more than one POV screening in a single calendar year....

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Impact inspections highlights safety issues at 16 mines with histories of repeated health, safety violations 30 January 2024

The US Department of Labor has announced that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 16 mines in 11 states in December 2023, issuing 247 violations. The agency began conducting impact inspections after an April 2010 explosion in West Virginia at the Upper Big Branch Mine killed 29 miners....

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Impact inspections at 14 US mines result in 52 significant & substantial and 6 unwarrantable failure findings 02 January 2024

The US Department of Labor has announced the results of the latest impact inspections conducted by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. The agency completed inspections at 14 mines in 10 states in November 2023, issuing 184 violations and one safeguard....

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