Tag: pattern of violations

Upgraded MSHA data system to assist operators with compliance

June 13, 2019By Kevin Yanik

The Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) completed an upgrade to its primary data system, bringing increased functionality and more intuitive navigation to this feature on the agency’s website.

Yes, POV is still a thing

March 7, 2019By Margo Lopez and William Doran

Ogletree Deakins’ Bill Doran and Margo Lopez examine the Mine Safety & Health Administration’s pattern of violations (POV) enforcement policy.

Preventing MSHA’s POV enforcement

February 14, 2018By Margo Lopez and William Doran

The old adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” applies to the Mine Safety & Health Administration’s (MSHA) Pattern of Violations (POV) enforcement powers.

MSHA: No mines eligible for POV notice for third consecutive year

August 2, 2017By Allison Barwacz

The Mine Safety & Health Administration noted that, for the third consecutive year, no U.S. mining operations meet the criteria for a POV notice.

Main looks forward, back as a new MSHA era dawns

December 14, 2016By Kevin Yanik

Joe Main, assistant secretary of labor at the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA), reflected on his seven years at the agency during a teleconference with reporters.

MSHA: No mines meet criteria for Pattern of Violations notice

June 30, 2016By Allison Barwacz

None of the nation’s more than 13,000 mining operations meets the criteria for a Pattern of Violations notice, MSHA reports.

MSHA: Mining deaths drop to all-time lows

January 5, 2016By Kevin Yanik

Preliminary Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) data indicate that 28 miners died in 2015 in work-related accidents […]

The pattern of violations game, continued

December 7, 2015By Michael T. Heenan

The most serious civil sanction under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act converts regular citations into repeated […]