According to NSSGA, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has been making substantial revisions to its proposed civil penalties rule.
NSSGA and other stakeholders have expressed opposition to the rule, which has the potential to reduce operators’ options to contest citations and risk an increase in penalty assessments.
“The agency made significant improvement in the proposed civil penalties rule,” says Joe Casper, vice president of safety services for NSSGA. “While it’s clear that MSHA is listening to our concerns, we’ll only know with certainty once the final rule is published.”
MSHA improved the definitions of “severity” and “gravity of violations,” which will save money in penalty assessment costs, NSSGA reports.
MSHA held a public meeting regarding the rule Feb. 12 and also extended the deadline for comments on the proposed rule to March 31.
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