Updated on July 21, 2016 by Sales Team
Newly Proposed MSHA Workplace Exam Law is Unnecessary, Counterproductive, and Ineffective. The Good News? We Can Still Stop It. MSHA is pushing for new, unnecessary rules again. This time they’re holding public comment meetings for a potentially disastrous MSHA workplace exam law. The proposed rule change was immediately met with a chorus of skepticism from […]
Continue ReadingUpdated on July 14, 2016 by Sales Team
MSHA requires a “competent person” to deliver and sign all Part 46 training and paperwork. But that raises a lot of questions with very few clear answers. What exactly does “Competent Person” mean? Who decides if someone is competent and how? Does our competent person need to be MSHA approved? Does my MSHA competent person […]
Continue ReadingUpdated on June 27, 2016 by Sales Team
“Enhanced” MSHA Rules To Live By Enforcement Begins July 1st, Will Affect Both Operators and Contractors In a press release distributed on June 26th, MSHA announced “Enhanced” enforcement of its MSHA Rules To Live By standards. MSHA’s news release states: On July 1, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration will begin enhanced […]
Continue ReadingUpdated on June 17, 2016 by MSC
How A Few Words Cost Thousands in MSHA Fines MSHA inspectors are at your mine for one reason: to find violations and write tickets. Once they find a violation, they must determine how they should mark the violation to assess MSHA fines. One of the major determining factors for marking MSHA fines as “Negligence” or […]
Continue ReadingUpdated on June 16, 2016 by Sales Team
MSHA Inspector Actions and Transfers Are Cause For Industry Concern I think you’ll agree when I say complying with MSHA regulations is harder than ever. Regulations seem to vary wildly from one inspector to the next. You never know what will happen when an MSHA inspector shows up. MSHA seems determined to constantly push (and […]
Continue ReadingUpdated on April 27, 2016 by Sales Team
Notes on the Q1 Quarterly MSHA Training Call The Q1 Quarterly MSHA training call was held on April 27th, 2016 and contained quite a few bits of new information. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, Joe Mains opened with an overview of 2015 and looking forward at 2016. Mr. Mains commented that […]
Continue ReadingUpdated on April 8, 2016 by Sales Team
The Mining Industry In The U.S. Just Concluded Its Safest Year Ever Preliminary statistics released by MSHA the afternoon of Thursday, April 7 show that 2015 was the safest year ever in the U.S. mining industry. This closely mirrors the fatality analysis I conducted earlier this year. Mining deaths are down across the board and […]
Continue ReadingUpdated on March 14, 2016 by Sales Team
It may not feel like it where you are, but spring is right around the corner. Many operations are about to begin the preparations to start up operations after a long winter. But as the season changes from winter to spring, there may be a hidden danger lurking on your site. High walls become much […]
Continue ReadingUpdated on March 8, 2016 by Sales Team
How To Avoid The 5 Most Cited MSHA Standards of 2015 Ever finish a Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) inspection with your head spinning? You feel confident when the inspector arrives. Then the notepad comes out. Did the experience leave you with questions? Saying to yourself “How did we get hit for those MSHA […]
Continue ReadingUpdated on March 3, 2016 by Sales Team
MSHA Safety Hazard Alert Late yesterday afternoon Neal Merrifield distributed yet another MSHA Safety Hazard Alert. He begins: Since 2008, six persons have died at metal and nonmetal mines in accidents involving large diameter plastic pipe. Two delivery truck drivers were killed while their flatbed trucks were being unloaded at the mine. In both cases, […]
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