The Mine Safety and Health Administration last week clarified its policies on several issues, including employers giving workers advance warning of an inspection.
Following the April 5 explosion at Upper Big Branch Mine-South in West Virginia, MSHA launched inspections at 57 coal mines. During two recent inspections, operators warned miners working underground that MSHA officials were on their way, a practice prohibited by law, according to an Aug. 26 program information bulletin.
Also in August, MSHA released a program information bulletin detailing requirements for self-contained self-rescuers; program policy letters on equipping elevated truck scales and electrical circuit identification; and a procedure instruction letter on a possible problem with SCSRs from Monroeville, PA-based CSE Corp.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration last week clarified its policies on several issues, including employers giving workers advance warning of an inspection.
Following the April 5 explosion at Upper Big Branch Mine-South in West Virginia, MSHA launched inspections at 57 coal mines. During two recent inspections, operators warned miners working underground that MSHA officials were on their way, a practice prohibited by law, according to an Aug. 26 program information bulletin.
Also in August, MSHA released a program information bulletin detailing requirements for self-contained self-rescuers; program policy letters on equipping elevated truck scales and electrical circuit identification; and a procedure instruction letter on a possible problem with SCSRs from Monroeville, PA-based CSE Corp.
