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Mine safety: Additional guidance and oversight of mines emergency response plans would improve the safety of underground coal miners; GAO-08-424 - 04/08/08
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Replacing social security numbers with a unique identifier - MSHA individual identification number (MIIN); Program policy letter no. P08-III-01 - 03/31/08
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Submission of respirable dust samples using the MSHA individual identification number (MIIN); Program information bulletin no. P08-07 - 03/31/08
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MSHA launches online violation tracking tool for operators; MSHA news release - 02/26/08 |
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MSHA reminds mining community of phone number to use for reporting mine accidents, hazards; MSHA press release - 02/08/08
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MSHA approves first wireless tracking system: New technology represents significant progress under MINER Act; MSHA press release - 01/31/08
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Submission for OMB review: Comment request for logging operations and cranes and derricks standard for construction - 11/01/07 |
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Submission for OMB review: Comment request for concrete and masonry construction and storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia - 10/26/07 |
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Winter alert: Don't leave safety out in the cold; MSHA alert - 10/16/07
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MSHA announces "100 percent plan"; Plan will ensure completion of all mandated regular inspections; MSHA news release - 10/04/07
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Notice of availability of the Regulatory Flexibility Act review of the occupational safety standard for lead in construction; Notice of availability - 09/27/07 |
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Whether "discriminating [back-up] alarms" may be used to meet the requirements of 29 CFR 1926.602(a)(9)(ii); OSHA letter of interpretation - 09/20/07 |
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MSHA announces new process for collecting civil penalties; MSHA news release - 09/18/07
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Chairman Miller to Chao: All mines must have adequate, fully implemented emergency response plans; U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor press release - 08/24/07
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U.S. Labor Department's OSHA announces one remaining Southeast Swept Up in Safety Week' this year: Agency addresses hazards and recognizes compliance to reduce construction fatalities; OSHA Region 4 news release - 08/09/07
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NIOSH offers resources to help scope retreat-mining risks, design safe mining operations, conduct safe rescue; NIOSH update - 08/07/07 |
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U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA working overtime to ensure construction sites are safe for employees; OSHA news release - 06/11/07 |
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Hard hats; MSHA program information bulletin no. P07-16 - 06/06/07 |
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Emergency mine evacuation, Notice of SCSR availability - 03/30/07 |
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U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA fines Thomas Industrial Coatings following two worker fatalities in Kansas City; OSHA news release - 11/09/06 |
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Energized guy wires have electrocuted two miners in 2006; MSHA hazard alert bulletin - 09/06 |
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Guardrail system for tunnel form stripping platform; Safety and health information bulletin (SHIB) 08-08-2006 - 08/08/06 |
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Hazards associated with all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) in the workplace; Safety and health information bulletin (SHIB) 08-03-2006 - 08/03/06 |
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Implementation of Section 2 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006; MSHA program policy letter no. P06-V-8 - 07/21/06 |
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Whether it is mandatory to use a wet saw when cutting brick or concrete block; OSHA letter of interpretation - 07/20/06
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Inspection scheduling for construction; OSHA CPL 02-00-141 - 07/14/06 |
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Construction of aboveground storage tanks and confined space; §§1926.21(b)(6) and 1910.146; General duty clause; OSHA letter of interpretation - 07/10/06 |
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Diesel particulate matter exposure of underground metal and nonmetal miners; Final rule - 05/18/06 |
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Section 110(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977; Interpretive bulletin - 05/09/06 |
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General industry and construction standards regarding "in use" or "ready to use" and "storage" of compressed gas and oxygen cylinders for welding; §1910.253(b)(2)-1910.253(b)(4) and §1926.350(a)(10); OSHA letter of interpretation - 05/08/06 |
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OSHA Heat Stress Card, OSHA Publication 3154 - 05/06 |
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Best Practices Guide: Fundamentals of a Workplace First-Aid Program - 05/06 |
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Overhead launching gantry crane safety and health information bulletin; Safety and health bulletin (SHIB) 05-01-2006 - 05/01/06 |
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29 CFR 1926.31 and 1926.100; Wearing caps or other apparel under a hard hat for cold weather protection; OSHA letter of interpretation - 04/17/06 |
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Silicosis - Working with Cement Roofing Tiles: A Silica Hazard - 2006 |
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Guidelines for Employers to Reduce Motor Vehicle Crashes - 02/03/06 |
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Hazards of Manually Lifting Balloon Framed Walls - 11/17/05 |
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Hazards of Inadequately Securing Hydraulic Excavator Buckets When Using Quick Coupling Devices - 08/19/05 |
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Worker safety series: Construction; OSHA pocket guide; OSHA Publication 3252 - 07/05 |
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OSHA Pocket Guide; Concrete Manufacturing - 05/19/05 |
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Requirements for leaving construction equipment and powder-actuated tools unattended on a construction building site; Impalement protection from reinforcing steel for masonry workers on a scaffold; OSHA letter of interpretation - 05/11/05 |
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Plain Language Revision of OSHA Instruction STD 3.1, Interim Fall Protection Compliance Guidelines for Residential Construction - 03/05 |
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