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• Accidents: Kentucky mine reopened after 3 injured in accident (488)
• Air Quality: Southwest Rock Products fined by state for lack of permits (488)
• Black Lung: Widow denied benefits due to lack of medical evidence (489)
• Civil Penalties: Stalemate in civil penalties case; judge reports no settlement agreement (490)
• Fatalities:
  • Customer truck driver fatally pinned by trailer (490)
  • Coal miner killed when hit by shuttle car (491)
  • Hidden roof weaknesses caused double fatality, MSHA concludes (491)
• Freedom of Information Act: Massey files FOIA lawsuit against MSHA in UBB case (493)
• Inspections: MSHA announces results of October impact inspections (493)
• Investigations: "Decayed" shaft pipe last year idled fatal shaft site's sister mine (494)
• Mines Opening; Closing:
  • Stillwater announces plans to extend two mines (495)
  • Mine operator restarting NM mining operation (495)
  • Holcium cutting 70 hourly jobs; slow economy blamed (495)
• Pattern of Violations:
  • Solicitor says the Freedom Energy Mine is 'one accident away from tragedy' (496)
  • MSHA puts 13 mines on notice for potential pattern of violations under new criteria (497)
• Private Suits
  • MSA wins partial summary judgement in respirator case (499)
  • Defendant dropped in Maryland coal mine death case (499)
• Record-Keeping: Policy letter clarifies MSHA's interpretation of 56./57.18002 (500)
• Refuges: UMWA wins partial victory in mine refuge case against MSHA (500)
• Rulemaking: MSHA tests waters on safety programs (502)
• Significant & Substantial: Twenty Mile loses S&S arguments; ALJ upholds fines over $143,000 (506)
• Review Commission and ALJ Decisions (510)