August 19, 2019
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 15, Number 5
©2019 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On July 29, 2019, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) published a Program Policy Letter (“PPL”) and request for comments in the Federal Register. (84 Fed. Reg. 36623). It is important to note that this letter was intended as interpretive guidance to existing policy and not a…
June 14, 2019
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 15, Number 4
©2019 Jackson Kelly PLLC
After years of back and forth, public hearings, stakeholder meetings, and anxiety over the requirements of 30 C.F.R. §§ 56/57.18002, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down MSHA’s currently enforced 2018 Workplace Examination Rule on June 11, 2019, in a challenge brought by…
May 31, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 11
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On May 31, 2018, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) held its final in-person Stakeholder Meeting regarding the new Examinations of Working Places rule for Metal/Nonmetal Mine Operators in Denver, Colorado. The new rule is effective tomorrow, June 2, 2018. MSHA personnel from…
April 30, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 9
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On April 30, 2018, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) held its quarterly stake holders call and discussed powered haulage. The call focused on three specific areas where mining fatalities occurred related to powered haulage: large vehicles running over small vehicles, seatbelt…
April 18, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 7
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
As most metal/nonmetal mine operators know by now, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) published the Final Rule amending requirements for workplace examinations on April 9, 2018. The substance of the Final Rule is discussed in a previous Jackson Kelly news alert, which is available…
April 5, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 6
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Today, the Mine Safety and Health Administration ("MSHA") made available for public viewing its latest Final Rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines. The Rule, which will be published in the Federal Register on Monday, April 9, revises the existing Workplace Examination…
November 9, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 23
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Metal/non-metal operators are reminded that the deadline for submitting comments in response to the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (“MSHA”) Proposed Amendments to the Final Rule on Workplace Examinations is Monday, November 13, 2017.
The Final Rule, which seeks to significantly alter the…
October 3, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 21
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
According to documents currently available for public inspection, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) will extend the effective date of the Final Rule on Workplace Examinations for metal/non-metal mines to June 2, 2018. The Workplace Examination standard that existed prior to…
September 24, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 19
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Metal/non-metal operators are reminded that that deadline for submitting comments in response to the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (“MSHA”) proposed extension of the effective date for the Workplace Examination standard is Tuesday, September 26, 2017. MSHA has proposed extending the…
September 10, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 16
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Today, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) made available for public viewing, two proposed rules related to workplace examinations in metal/nonmetal mines. Both proposed rules are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register tomorrow.
The first proposed rule amends the Final…
September 7, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 15
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On September 12, 2017, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) will publish two proposed rules in the Federal Register to amend the Agency’s Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines final rule (82 Fed. Reg. 7680). Both proposed rules will be available for viewing on…
July 24, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 13
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On July 10, 2017, the Trump administration released the 2017 Update to the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (the “Agenda”). The Trump administration’s desire to reduce the regulatory load on both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) and the Mine Safety…
August 19, 2019
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 15, Number 5
©2019 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On July 29, 2019, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) published a Program Policy Letter (“PPL”) and request for comments in the Federal Register. (84 Fed. Reg. 36623). It is important to note that this letter was intended as interpretive guidance to existing policy and not a…
June 14, 2019
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 15, Number 4
©2019 Jackson Kelly PLLC
After years of back and forth, public hearings, stakeholder meetings, and anxiety over the requirements of 30 C.F.R. §§ 56/57.18002, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down MSHA’s currently enforced 2018 Workplace Examination Rule on June 11, 2019, in a challenge brought by…
May 31, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 11
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On May 31, 2018, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) held its final in-person Stakeholder Meeting regarding the new Examinations of Working Places rule for Metal/Nonmetal Mine Operators in Denver, Colorado. The new rule is effective tomorrow, June 2, 2018. MSHA personnel from…
April 30, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 9
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On April 30, 2018, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) held its quarterly stake holders call and discussed powered haulage. The call focused on three specific areas where mining fatalities occurred related to powered haulage: large vehicles running over small vehicles, seatbelt…
April 18, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 7
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
As most metal/nonmetal mine operators know by now, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) published the Final Rule amending requirements for workplace examinations on April 9, 2018. The substance of the Final Rule is discussed in a previous Jackson Kelly news alert, which is available…
April 5, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 6
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Today, the Mine Safety and Health Administration ("MSHA") made available for public viewing its latest Final Rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines. The Rule, which will be published in the Federal Register on Monday, April 9, revises the existing Workplace Examination…
November 9, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 23
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Metal/non-metal operators are reminded that the deadline for submitting comments in response to the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (“MSHA”) Proposed Amendments to the Final Rule on Workplace Examinations is Monday, November 13, 2017.
The Final Rule, which seeks to significantly alter the…
October 3, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 21
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
According to documents currently available for public inspection, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) will extend the effective date of the Final Rule on Workplace Examinations for metal/non-metal mines to June 2, 2018. The Workplace Examination standard that existed prior to…
September 24, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 19
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Metal/non-metal operators are reminded that that deadline for submitting comments in response to the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (“MSHA”) proposed extension of the effective date for the Workplace Examination standard is Tuesday, September 26, 2017. MSHA has proposed extending the…
September 10, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 16
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Today, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) made available for public viewing, two proposed rules related to workplace examinations in metal/nonmetal mines. Both proposed rules are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register tomorrow.
The first proposed rule amends the Final…
September 7, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 15
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On September 12, 2017, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) will publish two proposed rules in the Federal Register to amend the Agency’s Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines final rule (82 Fed. Reg. 7680). Both proposed rules will be available for viewing on…
July 24, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 13
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On July 10, 2017, the Trump administration released the 2017 Update to the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (the “Agenda”). The Trump administration’s desire to reduce the regulatory load on both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) and the Mine Safety…
