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2. Mine Safety and Health Administration - Wikipedia

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   The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) (/ ˈ ɛ m ʃ ə /) is a large 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 ...

3. United States National Mine Health and Safety Academy

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   The United States National Mine Health and Safety Academy is a federal academy responsible for training the mine safety and health inspectors and technical support personnel of the Mine Safety and Health Administration. The Academy is located in Beckley, West Virginia, on an 80-acre (320,000 m 2) site near the Raleigh County Airport. The ...

4. Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 - Wikipedia

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   renaming of the Mine Enforcement Safety Administration (MESA) as Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) four annual inspections of underground coal mines; two annual inspections of all surface mines; elimination of advisory standards for metal and nonmetal mines; discontinuation of state enforcement plans; mandating of miner training

5. Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration - Wikipedia

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   Through an administrative action in 1973, the United States Secretary of the Interior created the MESA as an agency within the Department of the Interior. Because of concern about the apparent conflict of interest between the health and safety enforcement functions of the United States Bureau of Mines (USBM) and its production-focused oversight of mineral resources, USBM's safety operations ...

6. Mine safety - Wikipedia

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   Mine safety is a broad term referring to the practice of controlling and managing a wide range of hazards associated with the life cycle of mining-related activities.Mine safety practice involves the implementation of recognised hazard controls and/or reduction of risks associated with mining activities to legally, socially and morally acceptable levels.

7. Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 - Wikipedia

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   The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, U.S. Public Law 91-173, generally referred to as the Coal Act, was passed by the 91st United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon on December 30, 1969.