On April 18, 2024, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published the long-anticipated final rule on respirable crystalline silica for coal mines and metal and nonmetal mines.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) proposed Emergency Response Standard is expected to have a significant impact on emergency service organizations (ESOs).
As we close out 2023 and look to 2024, the time is right to take stock of developments in mine safety and health law over the past year and consider what may be on the horizon.
Clearly, 2–1 decisions can cut both ways. Mining industry observers will remember that in April 2022, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC).
In this episode of Dirty Steel-Toe Boots, Phillip Russell is joined by John Surma, to discuss OSHA's January 26, 2023, press release announcing the agency's new instance-by-instance citation policy.