The American Coal Council featured
Matt Korn's article "Shifting Gears: MSHA Proposes
Changes To Penalty Criteria" on ACCLive July 31,
2014. The article was reprinted with permission and
originally published on the Workplace Safety and Health Law
Blog.
On July 29, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
announced a Proposed Rule to revise the criteria and procedures for
assessment of civil penalties under the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act ("Mine Act"). The Proposed Rule will
significantly alter the evaluation of citations and will have an
impact on all mine operators that receive citations. MSHA released
a brief Fact Sheet describing the proposed changes, which we have
also summarized below. Rather than using the current 208-point
scale (Section 100.3(g)), MSHA's Proposed Rule would convert
the Penalty Conversion Table to a 100-point scale, with different
relative weights for each criteria.
Click here to read the full article.
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