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- Accidents:
- Miner survives being caught in belt conveyor at California quarry (258)
- Quarry driller hurt in overturn at Martin Marietta quarry (258)
- Hiker critical after 100-foot fall into active quarry near Pikes Peak (259)
- Recovery work proceeds at Blacksville No2 (259)
- Bingham Canyon Mine Resumes limited production (260)
- Monsanto cited for failing to timely report impoundment breech (261)
- Budget: States hit plan to zero out MSHA grants (261)
- Criminal Proceedings: Mine employee charged with faking foreman certification (262)
- Discrimination: Miners hood-winked into agreeing to drop discrimination complaints, attorney claims (263)
- Fatalities:
- Belt conveyor entanglement takes life of former rodeo performer (263)
- Miner died in fork lift crash at Martin Marietta Weeping Water mine despite seat belt use (264)
- No violations in death of miner pinned by 30-ton power center at Drummond Coal (266)
- Orders modified, penalties lowered from fatal truck fire at Peabody’s Kayenta Mine (268)
- MSHA announces settlement with Chemical Lime from roller mill fatality (268)
- Impoundments: OSM draft report never released raises concerns over impoundments (269)
- Injunctions: Court grants injunction where “high hazard” impoundment owner ignores MSHA orders (270)
- Inspections: March impact inspections find only two unwarrantable failures (271)
- Legislation: Bill introduced in Senate would bring changes to “coal and other” sectors (272)
- On the Move:
- Coal District 4 sees management changes (276) Wist joins Holland Hart in Colorado (276)
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