Rynek pracy · 14.07.1998

Safety Standards for Underground Coal Mine Ventilation

MSHA is proposing to amend the examination interval for preshift examinations of underground coal mines by requiring preshift examinations to be conducted at 8-hour intervals. After MSHA promulgated a comprehensive revision of its ventilation standards in March of 1996, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Court) reviewed the validity of the rule. On June 17, 1997, the Court issued an order invalidating, on procedural grounds only, the provision relating to the interval for preshift examinations. This proposed rule would be essentially the same as the standard that was promulgated in 1996 and invalidated by the Court on procedural grounds. The proposed rule would clarify both when a preshift examination would be required and the length of the shift covered by the preshift examination.