MSHA Proposes New Coal Mine Rescue Rules

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Associated Press

By BRIAN FARKAS

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration on Thursday announced proposals it says will improve rescue operations at the nation's 653 underground coal mines, in part by cutting maximum emergency response times in half.

The agency published two proposed regulations in the Federal Register aimed at complying with a federal law passed last year in the wake of an explosion that killed 12 West Virginia miners.

The proposed rules would require rescuers to reach underground coal mines within one hour. The current rule is two hours.

Rescue teams also would have to be certified, familiar with a mine's workings and participate in two local mine rescue contests a year. Rescue team members also would have to have at least three years of underground experience and undergo 64 hours or training a year. The current requirement is 40 hours per year.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6902404,00.html

[DainBramaged]

1. Do I hear support for our Unions DU members?

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2. A Union man till the end.

'Tis indeed sad to think that most big corporations have have nothing but contempt for unions.

The people have no voice without Unions.

[DainBramaged]

3. Many people here have nothing but contempt for Unions

Look at the responses to the original post.

ONLY TEAMSTERS KNOW HOW TO DELIVER THE GOODS!!!