The Mine Safety and Health Administration has filed a complaint against Ferraiolo Construction to reinstate a worker to his former position.More>>

NSSGA will have high-level discussions with the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) Joe Main over the next few weeks.More>>

Ten miners died in work-related accidents during the first quarter of 2012.More>>

IMA-NA Chairman Kevin Porterfield and IMA-NA President Mark Ellis presented the awards at the IMA-NA’s Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C.More>>

Approximately 75 special investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration are participating in refresher training that includes course work conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.More>>

According to MSHA data and reported by NSSGA, penalty assessments imposed on aggregate producers in 2011 declined by 18 percent, to $16.9 million from $20.6 million in the previous year, while citations and orders declined by the same amount.More>>

Federal inspectors issued 253 citations, orders and safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 12 coal mines and four metal/nonmetal mines in January, MSHA announced.More>>

MSHA has scheduled a stakeholder meeting in April to discuss future compliance associated with fall protection, NSSGA announced. Aggregate producers have long complained that vagueness of the standards makes compliance harder to achieve. NSSGA asked for more clarity on the fall protection standards...More>>

MSHA is clearing up a safety issue concerning Bayco flashlights.More>>

Overall compliance with safety and health regulations is improving among the nation’s more than 12,000 metal and nonmetal mining operations, MSHA announced. Preliminary data indicates a 14 percent decrease in citations and orders issued at these mines – 74,373 in 2010 compared to 64,186 in 2011.More>>