Authors: Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics
Abstract: This report begins by reviewing the record of working conditions in the coal mining industry. It
then describes the regulatory regime of the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health
Administration, incorporating discussion of the standard-setting required by the Mine
Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006. The practice in recent years of mine
operators contesting a greatly increased number of MSHA-proposed penalties for safety and
health violations is next discussed in relation to the record at the UBB mine prior to the
explosion. The report closes with an examination of legislative initiatives in the 110th Congress
and the 111th Congress.
Bills: H.R. 5663, H.R. 4899, S. 3671
Pages: 16
Date: August 6, 2010
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