In this issue:
1. The Election’s Impact on Safety Law
2. DOL/Review Commission Set Civil Case Backlog Reduction Plan
3. Solis Talks Tough to NMA Board
4. MSHA Proposed Comprehensive Coal Dust Health Rule
5. MSHA Takes Comment on Safety and Health Management Programs
6. Emergency Standard Issued on Rock Dusting
7. MSHA Releases New Pattern Screening Criteria
8. Mine Agency Laying Groundwork for Health Sampling Enforcement
9. Enforcement Guidance Issued on Six Metal/Non-Metal Standards
10. MSHA Writes Hundreds of Violations in Inspection Blitz
11. OSHA Seeks Comment on Noise Policy Change
12. IG Raps OSHA over Penalty Reductions
13. OSHA Says Egregious Policy, Emphasis Programs Producing Results
14. Florida Trucking Firm Ordered to Reinstate Whistleblower
15. Tesoro Gets Record State Fine, Michigan Fines Materials Supplier
16. Roundup of OSHA Enforcement Action
17. Code Groups Adopt CSB Purging Recommendation
18. Board Launches Educational Program on Oil Site Hazards to Teens
19. CSB Investigates BP Catastrophe, Five Other Accidents
20. Court Remands MSHA’s Refuge Alternatives Rule
21. Oklahoma Foreman Pleads Guilty to Mine Training Violation
22. “Popcorn Lung” Victim Awarded $30 Million
23. More Lawsuits Filed over Fatal Kleen Energy Explosion
24. MSHA Seeks First-Ever Injunction to Shut Down Massey Mine