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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.
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 Corrupt Practices Act; Federal Mines Safety Act of 1910; H. Height of Buildings Act of 1910; Mary Alice Heinbach; L. ... Mann–Elkins Act; W. Wireless Ship ...
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 ...
The 61st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. , from March 4, 1909, to March 4, 1911, during the first two years of William H. Taft 's presidency .
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