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An Act to promote safety and health in the mining industry, to prevent recurring disasters in the mining industry, and for other purposes. Acronyms (colloquial) FMSHA, MSHA: Nicknames: Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act: Enacted by: the 95th United States Congress: Effective: March 9, 1978: Citations; Public law: 95-164: Statutes at ...
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 ...
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (MSHRC) is an independent adjudicative agency of the United States government that provides administrative trial and appellate review of legal disputes arising under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act, or Mine Act, of 1977.
In 1977 Congress passed the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, which expanded the federal authority for health and safety regulation, and created a new agency, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). [4] MSHA is located in the Department of Labor, and replaced MESA. [3]
This division, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), has been an agency with a mission to promote a safe and healthy workplace for miners by preventing injury and disease since 1977. The main method of doing this is by enforcing the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, known as the Mine Act. The Mine Act sets various ...
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
1974 – Safe Drinking Water Act (amended 1986, 1996) 1975 – Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; 1976 – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (amended 1984, 1996) 1976 – Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (amended 2016) 1977 – Clean Water Act (amended FWPCA of 1972) 1977 – Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
In response to the mandates of the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, on September 7, 1971, the Academy began inspector training in temporary facilities in Beckley, West Virginia. On August 17, 1976, the permanent facility, situated on 80 acres (320,000 m 2 ) of land donated by the Raleigh County Airport Authority, opened its doors with ...