The first mining regulation was passed in 1891,
and it required mines in U.S. territories to
have minimal ventilation and banned employing
children less than 12 years of age. Regulation
of mines gradually increased between the first
legislation and the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977. The 2006
amendment required specific emergency planning,
regulations for mine rescue teams and more
serious civil penalties for violating its rules.
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The first mining regulation was passed in 1891,
and it required mines in U.S. territories to
have minimal ventilation and banned employing
children less than 12 years of age. Regulation
of mines gradually increased between the first
legislation and the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977. The 2006
amendment required specific emergency planning,
regulations for mine rescue teams and more
serious civil penalties for violating its rules.
Read more:
Definition of MSHA | eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/facts_6878216_definition-msha.html#ixzz1E8Svylm2
The
first mining regulation was passed in 1891, and
it required mines in U.S. territories to have
minimal ventilation and banned employing
children less than 12 years of age. Regulation
of mines gradually increased between the first
legislation and the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977. The 2006
amendment required specific emergency planning,
regulations for mine rescue teams and more
serious civil penalties for violating its rules.
Read more:
Definition of MSHA | eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/facts_6878216_definition-msha.html#ixzz1E8T1X1RX
1.A death of an individual at a mine;
2.An injury to an individual at a mine which has a
reasonable potential to cause death;
3.An entrapment of an individual for more than thirty
minutes;
4.An unplanned inundation of a mine by a liquid or gas;
5.An unplanned ignition or explosion of gas or dust;
6.An unplanned mine fire not extinguished within 30
minutes of discovery;
7.An unplanned ignition or explosion of a blasting agent
or an explosive;
8.An unplanned roof fall at or above the anchorage zone
in active workings where roof bolts are in use; or, an
unplanned roof or rib fall in active workings that
impairs ventilation or impedes passage;
9.A coal or rock outburst that causes withdrawal of
miners or which disrupts regular mining activity for
more than one hour;
10.An unstable condition at an impoundment, refuse pile,
or culm bank which requires emergency action in order to
prevent failure, or which causes individuals to evacuate
an area; or, failure of an impoundment, refuse pile or
culm bank;
11.Damage to hoisting equipment in a shaft or slope
which endangers an individual or which interferes with
use of the equipment for more than thirty minutes; and
12.An event at a mine which causes death or bodily
injury to an individual not at the mine at the time the
event occurs.[6]Additionally, the Mine Safety and Health
Act authorizes the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention under the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services to develop recommendations
for mine health standards for the Mine Safety and Health
Administration; administer a medical surveillance
program for miners, including chest X-rays to detect
pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) in coal miners;
conduct on-site investigations in mines; and test and
certify personal protective equipment and
hazard-measurement instruments.[7]Statistical analyses
performed by MSHA show that between 1990 and 2004, the
industry cut the rate of injuries (a measure comparing
the rate of incidents to overall number of employees or
hours worked) by more than half and fatalities by
two-thirds following three prior decades of steady
improvement.[citation needed
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Mine Safety and Health Administration
Mining is regulated by MSHA, which employs nearly one
safety inspector for every four coal mines. Underground
coal mines are thoroughly inspected at least four times
annually by MSHA inspectors. In addition, miners can
report violations, and request additional inspections.
Miners with such concerns for their work safety cannot
be penalized with any threat to the loss of employment.
Immediately reportable accidents and injuries are:
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is
an agency of the United States Department of Labor which
administers the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) to enforce compliance
with mandatory safety and health standards as a means to
eliminate fatal accidents, to reduce the frequency and
severity of nonfatal accidents, to minimize health
hazards, and to promote improved safety and health
conditions in the nation's mines.[1] MSHA carries out
the mandates of the Mine Act at all mining and mineral
processing operations in the United States, regardless
of size, number of employees, commodity mined, or method
of extraction. Currently, Joe Main is the Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, and the
head of MSHA.
MSHA is organized into several divisions.[2] The Coal
Mine Safety and Health division is divided into 11
districts covering coal mining in different portions of
the United States. The Metal-Nonmetal Mine Safety and
Health division covers 6 regions of the United States.
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