Coal mine safety.

9781606923627

Coal mine safety.

Ed. by Terrance V. Newhouse.

Nova Science Publishers

2009

194 pages

$69.00

Hardcover

TN295

Mine accidents early in 2006 led to passage of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act and new regulations from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). The reports and testimony presented here summarize issues related to the legislation and evaluate coordination efforts between various agencies. Two reports from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) look at the need for better oversight and coordination by MSHA and other federal agencies, and investigate factors hampering the MSHA's approval process for emergency response plans. Appendices to these chapters provide comments from the MSHA, the Department of Labor, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, and the Department of Health and Human Services. Five chapters present testimony before various congressional committees from representatives of the United Workers of America, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the National Mining Association. The book concludes with two reports from the Domestic Social Policy Division, reviewing the record of working conditions in the coal mining industry, describing the regulatory regime and recent funding of the MSHA, and analyzing current regulatory and legislative initiatives. Information on the editor is not given.

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