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MSHA Conducts Denver Stakeholders’ Meeting on Workplace Examinations

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On Thursday, November 15, 2019, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) held the fourth of five stakeholder meetings to discuss the implementation of the revised Workplace Examination standard for metal/non-metal...more

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MSHA Announces Effective Date for Workplace Exam Rule Revisions

Due to a recent court decision, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has again revised its workplace examination rule, 30 CFR §§ 56.18002, 57.18002, undoing revisions made in 2018 and returning it to its original...more

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Federal Court Reworks MSHA Workplace Exam Standard

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On June 11, 2019, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion vacating the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (“MSHA”) 2018 rule (“2018 Amendment”) entitled,...more

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Unions Challenge MSHA’s New Workplace Exam Rule for Metal and Nonmetal Mines

On March 12, 2019, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral argument in United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service...more

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MSHA Issues Final Workplace Examination Rule

On April 9, 2018, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) will publish its final rule on “Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines” in the Federal Register. The rule will go into effect on June 2,...more

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This Is It: MSHA Publishes Final Workplace Exam Rule With Few Changes.

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15 months after it first published a rule dramatically changing how workplace examinations will be done on every shift at every metal/non-metal mine, MSHA today published a final amended version of that rule. Despite a...more

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MSHA Reopens Rulemaking on Workplace Examination Standard and Proposes to Delay Effective Date

On September 12, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published in the Federal Register two proposed rules on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines, reopening the rulemaking to consider two...more

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MSHA Extends Effective Date of Final Rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines to October 2, 2017

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced on May 22, 2017, that it is extending the effective date of the agency’s Final Rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal...more

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Cal/OSHA Proposes Hotel Housekeeping Injury Rule

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After several years of discussion and debate, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board (Board) recently issued a proposed standard on “Hotel Housekeeping Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention.” The proposal currently is open for public...more

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MSHA’s New Rule on Workplace Examinations at Metal/Non-Metal Mines Scheduled to Take Effect Despite Regulatory Freeze

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On January 23, and for the first time in nearly 40 years, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) issued new rules governing the way in which metal/non-metal mine operators must conduct their regular workplace...more

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[Webinar] How Changes to MSHA's Workplace Exam Standard Will Affect Your Mine - September 15th, 1:00pm EDT

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MSHA’s proposed changes to the Workplace Exam Standard will create logistical challenges for mine operators. MSHA refers to the workplace exam rule as “common sense,” but the impact on your mine operation will likely be...more

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