- Accidents:
- Silver miner falls down ore pass (427)
- Explosion injures surface electrician at coal mine borehole (428)
- Explosion hurts two while welding above borehole (428)
- Foreman hurt in dozer rollover (429)
- Falling conveyor boom hurts underground miner (429)
- Worker pinned between backhoe parts (430)
- Ram car crash hurts nearby miner (430)
- Contractor in truck runaway had history of equipment defects (431)
- Continuous miner operator pinned (431)
- Lightning storm accompanied underground shock injury (432)
- Citizens’ Lawsuits: Massey offers $35 million to settle slurry case (432)
- Civil Penalties: ALJ throws out civil penalties where MSHA filed late petition (433)
- Combustible Materials: ALJ says Commission in best position to decide “flagrant” violation (435)
- Discrimination: Bledsoe and contractor will face federal lawsuit if miner not reinstated to job (437)
- Fatalities:
- Roof fall kills miner during longwall move (438)
- Novice miner dies after losing arm in gravel pit machinery (438)
- Longwall mechanic fatally injured by hydraulic jack (439)
- Contract welder electrocuted at coal plant (440)
- Mine office worker killed in accident by contractor vehicle (441)
- Management knew of subsurface void before fatal collapse, MSHA reports (441)
- Victim not briefed on work area, duties before fatality (443)
- Freedom of Information Act: DOL properly exempted information under FOIA appeal of MCCC case (445)
- Imminent Danger: Excessive violations could prompt “imminent danger” closures—but rarely do (447)
- Trespass: Tree-sitter ends protest on Alpha property (450)
- Review Commission and ALJ Decisions (451)
Archive for August, 2011
Vol. 18, No. 15 & 16
Posted by Ellen Smith on August 22, 2011
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