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Stay Safe! Stay Alive!

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Same goes for MSHA

The regulations are written in blood

big fan of situations where nobody gets hurt 

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i got excited that they updated the USA's code of federal regulations website. it was so very old and outdated but now there are dropdown menus! and links! and bullet points! and you can get the link or copy the text of any part of each regulation! shes a very fancy lad now and im very proud of her

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Under the Obama administration, inspections had to occur before workers began their shifts — to scale away, for instance, loose pieces of rock that might fall on them. But in April, the Zatezalo-led Mine Safety and Health Administration said it would allow inspections to begin while miners were already at work. The change was first proposed two months before Zatezalo was confirmed.

“These additional amendments provide mine operators additional flexibility in managing their safety and health programs and reduces regulatory burdens without reducing the protections afforded miners,” MSHA wrote in the final rule.

At the Interior Department, administration officials are seeking to roll back regulations on offshore oil rigs — former President Barack Obama’s response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout that killed 11 workers and flooded the Gulf of Mexico with millions of barrels of oil. A proposed rule would rescind the requirement that only government-approved third parties may inspect blowout preventers that seal a well in the event of a pressure surge.

The revisions would also allow rig operators to test equipment less frequently, to prevent “wear and tear.” All told, the changes would save industry more than $900 million over 10 years.

But environmental advocates and southern lawmakers of both parties worry the changes could lead to another deadly spill.

USDA in February proposed lifting line speed requirements in hog processing plants — part of an effort to streamline food safety inspections at the plants, which currently may process no more than 1,100 hogs per hour. Agriculture department officials wrote in the proposal that they seek to remove “unnecessary regulatory obstacles” and cut food safety inspection staff, saving taxpayers $8.7 million. The change would also would free up line inspectors to inspect other areas of the plant, they wrote.But “common sense would tell you [that] you cannot increase line speeds at a fast, repetitive motion and not expect injuries to go up,” said Mark Lauritsen, director of meat packing and food processing for the United Food and Commercial Workers.

Since Trump took office, OSHA also scrubbed a running list of worker deaths from its home page.

In addition, the EPA’s proposal for evaluating asbestos risks doesn’t consider so-called legacy hazards — for example, particles of asbestos insulation or asbestos tiles that could be inhaled by workers when removed. That means workers could be more highly exposed than the general public if and when the EPA approves new uses.

“What the Trump EPA has done is essentially cooked the books to undervalue the risks posed by asbestos,” said Scott Faber, a top lobbyist for the Environmental Working Group, which has opposed a variety of Trump policies. “You don’t need to be a toxicologist to understand that you can’t determine whether a chemical is safe or not if you don’t understand the whole picture.”

Worker safety regulations are all written in blood. 

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MSHA: ‘Work with us’ as powered haulage, other concerns persist | 2021-12-15

MSHA: ‘Work with us’ as powered haulage, other concerns persist | 2021-12-15

Arlington, VA — Officials from the Mine Safety and Health Administration covered familiar ground Dec. 14 during a conference call for industry stakeholders. The phrase “you’ve heard this from us before” or similar variations proved popular during the hourlong proceeding, and MSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations Patricia Silvey reiterated that the reasoning was simple. “It hits us hard…

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As part of the US Department of Labor, we are wishing you a very happy Labor Day! If you're interested in joining a union, the DOL has updated the knowledge center with new information and resources. Know your rights!

The DOL is working to build an equitable, empowered workforce for all.

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Your local budding songwriter here! ✨

I’ve been posting the majority of music/life on Instagram! So if you haven’t yet, follow me @nightingalemillo 

But to recap my life rn:

officially now a Grad Student in Healthcare Management (getting that MSHA in 3 years *cross your fingers*)

I’m part of a rad feminist collective over on Instagram that promotes women artists and I’m EXCITED (I’m a feature musician)

I’m sending out some demos (it might lead to nothing, but the point is that I’m trying)

I’m working on some cool stuff at work (even though someBODY is being might petty)

Still trying to make as much music as I can (which is small cause well, time)

Anyway, I miss you all. Join me in the new frontier (that’s where Paloma @rockthetarot and Alyssa @stairwaytobedin (RIP) are). Others are there too (shout out to the gang!!), but they’re still active here, so you know, they keep up their lives. 

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ok but. why is one of my special interests MSHA regulations??? I mean it's good bc of the field I'm in but like. Why

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U.S. coal industry needs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Coal companies need to make a “fundamental shift” in how they control exposure to coal dust in underground mines to address the recent surge in black lung disease rates, according to a federal report released Thursday.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report found that even though coal operators largely comply with recently tightened rules requiring monitoring for coal dust, those measures may not be sufficient.

“There is an urgent need for monitoring and sampling strategies that enable continued, actual progress to be made toward the elimination of diseases associated with coal mine dust exposure,” said Thure Cerling, a biology professor at the University of Utah who helped write the report.

The report recommends that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) improve monitoring and conduct studies on the causes of the resurgence in the disease, which had been nearly eradicated in the 1990s.

Cases of the incurable illness, caused by inhaling coal dust, are rising to levels not seen in decades as miners plumb the depths of played-out coal seams using heavy blasting equipment, according to government health officials.

A report by the Government Accountability Office released this month said the federal fund to help coal miners disabled by black lung disease will require a multibillion-dollar taxpayer bailout if Congress does not extend or increase the tax on coal production that funds it.

The coal industry has been lobbying Congress to ensure that scheduled reduction in the tax it pays into that fund goes forward, arguing the payments have already been too high.

The NAS report says that it is unclear if tougher regulations around coal dust implemented by MSHA in 2014 are effective because many miners with black lung disease got the ailment from exposure that occurred years earlier.

“It is important to note that compliance with regulatory requirements by itself is not an adequate indicator of the rule’s effectiveness,” the report said.

The report also notes that while the 2014 rules called for the use of continuous personal dust monitors – devices that warn miners if dust concentrations are too high – “only a small fraction of miners are required to use” one during a shift.

Research and development efforts will also be crucial for better understanding the effects of changes in mining methods on miner health. 

Reporting By Valerie Volcovici; Editing by Susan Thomas

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[Eugene Volokh] Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions

Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature from the Institute for Justice written by John Ross:

In August, we did a special podcast with the Harte family, who were subjected to a SWAT raid after police found tea leaves in their trash. To get a warrant for the raid, police said the leaves were marijuana. Did they lie to the judge? This month, a jury said there's not enough proof of that for the Hartes to recover damages. Read more here.

During extensive planning process, transit planners estimate projected ridership numbers for proposed Purple Line connecting Maryland suburbs, D.C. Metrorail. But wait! Metrorail ridership has since declined precipitously as service quality has declined calamitously. Must the planners run the numbers again? The D.C. Circuit says no.

D.C. transit officials reject Archdiocese of Washington's proposed Metrobus advertisements (scroll down for image). Unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination? No need to permit the ads while the suit proceeds, says the D.C. Circuit. Bonus vocab quiz: eleemosynary.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials penalize Scotia, N.Y. sand-mining operation to the tune of $500k for workplace violations. But wait! Might this be a mine subject to the Mine Safety and Health Administration instead of OSHA? Secretary of Labor: No, OSHA. Admin law judge: Wrong, definitely MSHA. OSH Review Commission: We're split on the issue. Second Circuit: The Secretary's determination that OSHA has authority was reasonable and must be deferred to.

Allegation: Stock exchange operators, like the NYSE and NASDAQ, sell certain market data at prices only high-frequency traders (who buy stocks and sell them within fractions of a second to take advantage of small changes in price) can afford, which allows such traders to exploit regular investors. Second Circuit: This suit should not have been dismissed.

Plaintiff: By allocating 99 percent of Super Bowl XLVIII tickets to insiders and offering only 1 percent for sale to the general public, the NFL violated a New Jersey law banning event organizers from holding back more than five percent of tickets. Third Circuit: Plaintiff, who paid $2,000 on the secondary market for $800 face-value tickets, has alleged an injury sufficient for his suit to proceed.

Allegation: Virginia corrections officers drive van erratically, injuring inmate in the back. District court: The officers are entitled to qualified immunity; it's not clearly established that "rough rides" are unconstitutional. Fourth Circuit: Indeed, the Supreme Court hasn't specifically addressed rough rides. But no reasonable officer could think maliciously assaulting a helpless prisoner is constitutional. Reversed.

Federal officials (risibly) label rap group (the Insane Clown Posse) and its fans (known as Juggalos) a gang, whereupon Juggalos across the country are hassled by local law enforcement. Sixth Circuit (2015): Plaintiffs have standing to sue. Sixth Circuit: But the gang designation is not a final agency action because the harm the Juggalos cite is a result of third-party government officials' discretionary action and not the gang designation itself. Plaintiffs can't sue -- at least not under the Administrative Procedure Act. Maybe file a civil rights suit? (We discussed the 2015 decision on the podcast.)

In which the Sixth Circuit confuses carceral purgatory with carceral limbo. While mistakes of theology are not grounds for certiorari, all hope is not lost for plaintiffs challenging Michigan's sentencing scheme and parole system for youth offenders.

Chinese police torture man who organized protest against eminent domain. Immigration judge: Because he sought just compensation, not because of his political beliefs. Send him back. Ninth Circuit: Not so fast.

Large conglomerate of Catholic church-affiliated nonprofit hospitals claims statutory exemption from certain federal employee benefits rules. Plaintiffs: The exemption for churches and church-plans unconstitutionally favors religion in violation of the Establishment Clause. Tenth Circuit: No, it doesn't. And if the plaintiffs were right, we'd have to strike down religious accommodations in a wide swath of statutes.

Deputy U.S. marshals handcuff felon at the entrance of his home for a supervised-release violation, and then do a "protective sweep" inside the house, where they find ammo, drugs; using that, they get a warrant and find a gun. Tenth Circuit: The first sweep was improper because deputies should have stopped the search after putting him in cuffs; evidence of the gun must be suppressed.

Energy companies: The feds are leasing too few public lands for oil and gas drilling to satisfy the requirements of the relevant statute. Tenth Circuit (over a dissent): The new administration may not wish to defend existing leasing policy; we'll permit environmentalist groups to intervene for that purpose.

Eleventh Circuit: No qualified immunity for Gwinnett County, Ga. officer who allegedly ripped suspect's mother's shirt, exposing her chest, and prevented her from covering up for a prolonged period while numerous officers searched her house. And no qualified immunity for a second officer who allegedly tased her as she tried to dial 911.

The Eleventh Circuit makes short work of a long-running court battle over a zoning change that outlawed a woman's short-term rentals of her Morgan County, Ga. vacation home, holding that her federal claims are barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. (The septuagenarian grandmother at the heart of the case was actually jailed for renting the home for too brief a period.)

Since 2014, much of Baltimore has been off limits to certain mobile vendors thanks to an ordinance requiring them to keep 300 feet away from fixed establishments that sell the same type of product or service. Last year, two food trucks challenged the 300-foot ban, arguing it has nothing to do with public health and safety and everything to do with pleasing the retail-business lobby. Last week, a Baltimore Circuit Court judge ruled the law is so vague and subjective that mobile vendors can't know if they are breaking the law -- and neither can city enforcement officials. Read more here.

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I think you mean MSHA compliant, Magnus

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Trump’s mine safety nominee defends MSHA inspectors, calls silicosis “unacceptable”

President Trump’s nominee to head the Labor Department’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) appeared today before a Senate committee for a confirmation hearing. David Zatezalo answered questions about the epidemic of black lung cases, an increase in mine worker fatalities, the need for safety assistance for small mine operators, and more. Zatezalo began his career in 1974 as a UMWA coal miner and most recently served as chairman of Rhino Resources.

I watched the webcast of Zatezalo’s confirmation hearing. The nominee noted his experience managing 39 different coal mines in the U.S. and Australia. I suspect he has more years of experience managing coal mines than any previous MSHA chief.

Here are some of the exchanges between Senators and the nominee:

On Don Blankenship:

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA): “The CEO of Massey Energy, Don Blankenship, who served a one year sentence for conspiracy to violate mine safety laws has asked President Trump and MSHA to reopen the investigation into the Upper Big Branch incident, in which 29 miners were killed. Would you honor that request should you be confirmed?”

Mr. Zatezalo: “Senator, absent any new evidence I don’t see any reason why it should be reopened.”

Zatezalo gets two thumbs up for his response.

On the very poor safety record at one of his mines:

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA): “When you were CEO of Rhino Resources the Eagle #1 mine was put on [MSHA’s] proposed pattern of violation notice in November 2010 and then again August 2011. A pattern of violation notice is issued when safety violations are extensive and enforcement action is not immediately addressing the problems. Do you think those sanctions…were fair and appropriate?”

Mr. Zatezalo: “I was not proud of the fact that we got designated as a PPOV mine. I did not try to lawyer up and stop anything from happening. You know, if you haven’t done your job, we should be big kids and deal with it as such.”

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA): “Do you think you would have any challenge working with the senior career staff at MSHA given that some of them were involved in taking enforcement action against your company?”

Mr. Zatezalo: “No sir, I don’t. They [MSHA] did what they were supposed to do.”

Another thumbs up for Zatezalo. I liked hearing him support MSHA officials for doing their job—a job that requires putting miners’ safety above all else.

On the number of MSHA inspectors

Senator Bob Casey (D-PA): “Do you have any sense of the adequacy of the number of inspectors at MSHA.”

Mr. Zatezalo: “It seems to me that the number of inspectors today is pretty good. From the data that I see, MSHA has been making  all of the required inspections, which is four per year [in underground mines.] We certainly don’t want to let that fall down. Just as I wouldn’t want to drive on the highways without police or constables to take control of speeders and drunk drivers, inspections in mines in U.S. are a necessity. Inspections have to continue and I don’t think they should continue at a diminished rate either.”

Senator Bob Casey (D-PA): “I hope Mr. Zatezalo that if you were to be confirmed and you did not see the level of inspectors that you would expect, you would advocate for more funding, and more support, and make that clear to Congress.”

Mr. Zatezalo: Absolutely would sir.

Zatezalo was emphatic when he said “absolutely” and I give him a thumbs up. I take him at his word that he will stand up to Secretary Acosta’s and the White House’s bean counters. Otherwise, it will be on his shoulders if MSHA fails to fulfill its statutory responsibility to conduct the required mandatory inspections at every U.S. mining operation.

On black lung and silicosis: 

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA): “In southwest Virginia, there has been an epidemic of progressive massive fibrosis—that’s the most severe form of black lung disease. …The largest cluster of this disease ever documented is found in southwest Virginia and more are being uncovered every week in a clinic in St. Charles, Virginia.

“..It’s been reported to me that some of this severe lung damage is caused by mining rock mixed with thinner coal seams causing miners to then inhale crystalline silica, which is far more toxic than coal dust. … It’s been reported to me, that you said the technology to monitor silica dust in real time does not exist. Talk to me a little bit about that. Is there the possibility, technological possibility of getting to the point were we can more effectively monitor? Can you elaborate on that?”

Zatezalo politely answered the Senator’s question about the limitations of the current dust monitoring system. Specifically that it may take a couple of weeks before sampling results are analyzed at a laboratory and reported back to the mine. But, Zatezalo gets a special thumbs up for redirecting his answer to controlling silica dust as the first line of defense. The solution to the national disgrace of miners with silica-related disease is not better sampling—it’s controlling miners’ exposure to respirable dust.

Mr. Zatezalo: …I understand the National Academy of Sciences, as well as NIOSH and MSHA, are putting together a report that should be available in January to delineate and hopefully offer suggestions on how to address this. Silicosis is not an acceptable thing for our [miners.]

“…Coal dust is something at this point that we think we can handle fairly well. Silica is much more difficult to handle. I figure we’re going to have to go some engineering type controls, and really increase ventilation, and really increase water to be able to control it.”

Like Senator Kaine, Senator Casey also had questions about coal miners being diagnosed with black lung and silicosis. He referred to the regulations adopted by MSHA in 2014 to address coal mine dust.

Senator Bob Casey (D-PA): “Tell me about how you would approach enforcement of [the rules adopted by the Obama administration on coal mine dust.]”

Mr. Zatezalo: Sir, that enforcement is ongoing today… and would have to continue. I would not propose any reduction in the enforcement of [those rules.] …I would not see that diminish  in any way. The only things that remains, that needs to be investigated further is silicosis and the silica issues.

I wrote last week about West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s announcement that he would not support Zatezalo’s confirmation. Prior to that Senators Murray (D-WA), Casey (D-PA) and Whitehouse (D-RI) sent a letter to the Labor Department asking questions about the nominee’s previous dealings with MSHA. None of those Senators, however, raised those concerns at today’s hearing.

It will be a few weeks before we find out whether David Zatezalo gets a thumbs up from a majority of Senators.

  Article source:Science Blogs

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