MSHA Releases January Impact Inspection Results

The Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal mine inspectors issued 198
citations during special impact inspections conducted at 11 coal and 3 metal
mines in January 2014.  The most substantial citations were directed at a
West Virginia coal mine and a New York surface shale operation.  The
issued citations included a variety of safety hazards such as failure to lock
and tag the belt drive at a power source, accumulations of coal float dust
along a belt drive, inadequate on-shift examinations of belt drives, and miners
being observed under suspended loads of materials.  The full press release
is available here.

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