The Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA) Alternative Case Resolution Initiative (ACRI) is a program in which ACRI-trained, non-attorney MSHA specialists resolve or try selected enforcement disputes with mine operators arising from citations under the Mine Act. ACRI generally applies to cases in which the aggregate penalty does not exceed $2500, and where no disabling or…
Tallahassee Community College (TCC) wrote an article on our Inaugural Surface Mining Emergency Response Training and Competition, held from Feb. 26 – March 1 at the Florida Public Safety Institute in Havana, Florida. Read the full article here.
Congratulations to the Vulcan Materials (Black) team for winning the overall trophy for our Inaugural Surface Mining Emergency Response Training and Competition! Miners, emergency responders and safety workers convened at the Florida Public Safety Institute, in Havana, Fla., on Feb. 26 through March 1 to participate in the Inaugural Surface Mining Emergency Response Training and…
WCTV in Tallahassee, Fla. filmed some descriptive video footage and published an insightful story on our Inaugural Surface Mining Emergency Response Training and Competition. Read the article and watch the news clip here.
The Herald, Gadsden County’s largest single-copy newspaper, wrote an informative piece detailing our Inaugural Surface Mining Emergency Response Training and Competition, held from Feb. 26 – March 1 at the Florida Public Safety Institute in Havana, Florida. Read the full article here.
February’s Safety Law Newsletter features a variety of topics, such as various employer responses to the opioid epidemic, a black lung study that points to respiratory illness in miners, MSHA’s address of changes in regulations during the quarterly training call and the Trump Administration’s FY 2019 Budget Plan, which will reduce safety and health funding. Click…
Registration Deadline Approaching for Florida’s Inaugural Surface Mining Emergency Response Training and Competition HAVANA, Fla. — Miners, emergency responders and safety workers have until Feb. 19 to register for the Inaugural Surface Mining Emergency Response Training and Competition hosted by the Florida Mine Safety Program (FMSP) on Feb. 26 – March 1. During the competition,…
January’s Safety Law Newsletter features various topics, including an article detailing the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) targeting of opioids and violence as factors in workplace fatalities, highlights of the National Academies of Science (NAS) report on occupational surveillance needs and the D.C. Circuit Court’s decision challenging OSHA’s proposed crystalline silica rule. Click here to…
Miners, Emergency Responders and Safety Workers Can Advance Skills at Inaugural Surface Mining Emergency Response Training and Competition HAVANA, Fla. — Miners, emergency responders and safety workers will have the opportunity to test their skills on Feb. 26 – March 1 during the Inaugural Surface Mining Emergency Response Training and Competition hosted by the Florida Mine…
The upcoming New Year brings with it a new chapter for the mining industry under MSHA regulation. This will mark the agency’s first full year with the Trump Administration, and it begins with MSHA’s leadership team appointed, confirmed and in place. This leaves the industry with questions regarding the status moving forward of past enforcement initiatives,…