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Federal Mines Safety Act of 1910; Long title: An Act to establish in the Department of the Interior a Bureau of Mines. Nicknames: Federal Mines Accident Prevention and Safety Act of 1910: Enacted by: the 61st United States Congress: Effective: July 1, 1910: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 61–179: Statutes at Large: 36 Stat. 369-b, Chap. 240 ...
The U.S. Bureau of Mines was established in the U.S. States Department of the Interior on May 16, 1910, pursuant to the Organic Act (Public Law 179), to deal with a wave of catastrophic mine disasters. The Bureau's mission was gradually expanded to include:
In a five-year period from 1906-1911, 13,228 miners were killed in U.S. coal mines. As a result, the Bureau of Mines was established by Congress on July 1, 1910, "to make diligent investigation of the methods of mining, especially in relation to the safety of miners and the appliances best adapted to prevent accidents."
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 ...
Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969; Federal Coal Mine Safety Act of 1952; Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977; Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; Federal Mines Safety Act of 1910; Felling mine disasters; Fire boss; Firedamp; Firedamp whistle; Flyrock
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Public Laws [2]; Date Subject Matter Title Chapter Legal Citation (link to full text)1: February 8, 1790: Laws of the United States, giving effect to, in North Carolina. An Act for giving effect to the several acts therein mentioned, in respect to the state of North Carolina, and for other purposes.
The Biden administration on Thursday proposed an end to new coal leasing from federal reserves in the most productive coal mining region in the U.S. as officials seek to limit climate-changing ...