MSHN News http://www.minesafety.com/ RSS Feed for minesafety.com Mon, 23 May 2011 17:26:55 GMT en-us Vol. 18, No. 10 | May 23, 2011 http://www.minesafety.com/archive/2011/e_May/23/ http://www.minesafety.com/archive/2011/e_May/23/ Mon, 23 May 2011 17:26:55 GMT Contents for the May 23 issue of Mine Safety and Health News. U.S. Attorney Adds Additional Charges Against UBB's Security Chief http://www.minesafety.com/archive/2011/e_May/17/index.php http://www.minesafety.com/archive/2011/e_May/17/index.php Tue, 17 May 2011 15:41:45 GMT The U.S. Attorney's Office in Charleston W.Va., just announced additional criminal charges against Hughie Elbert Stover, 59, of Clear Fork, W.Va., for allegedly lying to MSHA investigators. Vol. 18, No. 9 | May 9, 2011 http://www.minesafety.com/archive/2011/e_May/9/ http://www.minesafety.com/archive/2011/e_May/9/ Mon, 09 May 2011 14:07:25 GMT Contents for the May 9 issue of Mine Safety and Health News. Vol. 18, No. 8 | April 25, 2011 http://www.minesafety.com/archive/2011/d_April/25/ http://www.minesafety.com/archive/2011/d_April/25/ Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:22:36 GMT Contents for the April 25 issue of Mine Safety and Health News. Vol. 18, No. 3 | February 11, 2011 http://www.minesafety.com/archive/2_11_2011.html http://www.minesafety.com/archive/2_11_2011.html Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:42:59 GMT Contents for the Feb. 11 issue of Mine Safety and Health News. Aracoma Widows Lose FTCA Lawsuit Against MSHA http://www.minesafety.com/news/aracoma_2_8_2011.php http://www.minesafety.com/news/aracoma_2_8_2011.php Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:06:34 GMT Although the Aracoma disaster was "undeniably tragic," a U.S. District Court judge ruled that the widows' Federal Tort Claims Act lawsuit against MSHA had to be dismissed because the widows could not establish liability under ordinary state-law principles. Coal Dust Propagated UBB Explosion: MSHA http://www.minesafety.com/news/ubb_explosion_1_19_2011.php http://www.minesafety.com/news/ubb_explosion_1_19_2011.php Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:06:34 GMT The fatal April 5 explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine started with a frictional ignition on the longwall face involving as little as 13 cubic feet of methane that would not normally be expected to cause such devastation, MSHA investigators believe from their analysis to date. MSHA Begins Quality Impact Inspections for Frequent Violators http://www.minesafety.com/archive/2010/April/20/quality_impact_inspections.php http://www.minesafety.com/archive/2010/April/20/quality_impact_inspections.php Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:00:20 GMT MSHA has started a program called "quality impact inspections" targeting underground coal mine operators that MSHA considers to be "frequent violators."