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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 ...
Through an administrative action in 1973, the United States Secretary of the Interior created the MESA as an agency within the Department of the Interior. Because of concern about the apparent conflict of interest between the health and safety enforcement functions of the United States Bureau of Mines (USBM) and its production-focused oversight of mineral resources, USBM's safety operations ...
renaming of the Mine Enforcement Safety Administration (MESA) as Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) four annual inspections of underground coal mines; two annual inspections of all surface mines; elimination of advisory standards for metal and nonmetal mines; discontinuation of state enforcement plans; mandating of miner training
Having the MSHA inspect every American mine accomplishes a part of the Mine Act. Additionally, the MSHA handles all accident reporting and safety issues from miners. [11] The disease black lung, which largely affects miners, is being addressed by the MSHA in hopes of reducing its prevalence in the United States.
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