John Quaranta was probably the only person from the east of the USA and the coal tailings industry at this week’s Tailings & Mine Waste Conference. A pity and a challenge to future conference organizers. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘MSHA’
Coal Refuse Disposal Facilities from MSHA
Posted in Coal, People, tagged coal refuse, john quaranta, MSHA, tailings and mine waste 2012 on October 19, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Pledge to America: kill MSHA’s mine tailings study
Posted in Law (Mining), North America, Tailings, tagged MSHA, pledge america, Tailings on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you have not yet sent in your comments to MSHA on how to make dams at metal and non-metal mines safer, time is running out. This hit my e-mail last week: (more…)
MSHA to Review Mine Tailings Dam Safety
Posted in safety, Tailings, tagged mine waste, MSHA, Tailings, Vail on August 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have never copied and posted a large amount of test on this blog before. Yet below I do. I do this because the issue is fascinating and the information a trifle tedious to find. (more…)
Judge orders more mine rescue practice until you can dance by muscle-memory alone
Posted in About the news, Coal, health and safety, Mining history, Underground, tagged coal mine, CPR, dance, death, judge, MSHA, rescue, Stephen Williams, West Coast Swing on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Once a year? Or twice a year? Sounds like the famous question “to be or not to be.”
In some ways there is a parallel between the questions. For both, depending on the answer, mean the difference between life and death. Death in a duel. Or death in a cold, coal mine. Because you have too little practice in rescue operations. Now a judge has spoken and MSHA acts.
Murray Energy, Faro Mine, and the illusions of mining evolution for the truth
Posted in About the news, Church, Coal, health, tagged Canada, evolution, Faro Mine, Iran, mining, Mormon, MSHA, Murray Energy on February 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The world looks different from different places. I am in Huntington Beach, California where it is raining harder and longer than ever seen in Vancouver. They are amazingly optimistic here. The couple who entertained us last night have just completed a $200,000 renovation to the house they bought 20 years ago for about the same amount. Being near the beach, the house is still worth a lot more than the renovation cost. He is a consultant to the US mining industry and believes there is lots of work to be had.
The geologist, engaged on a two-year study of tunnels from the Inland Empire to the Beach Cities, is more concerned about disposal of the 20 million cubic yards of acid-drainage-producing waste the tunnels will create than in the economy. He asked me: How would a miner get rid of that volume of tailings in California?
Is MSHA a modern mining Pharaoh or merely Lucrezia Borgia?
Posted in About the news, Coal, Law (Mining), opera, tagged American Coal Company, Kennedy Center, Lucrezia Borgia, mining, MSHA on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two tales of conflict in mining, one from long ago and far away and one from today’s news. The first is of biblical proportions, as the report tells:
An international team of archaeologists may have uncovered the copper mines owned and operated by the biblical King Solomon during a dig at Khirbat en-Nahas, an ancient mining and metallurgy district of more than 450 square miles in southern Jordan.
Mining involved conflict as indicated by this observation:
An ancient Egyptian scarab and amulet were also found in a layer of the excavation associated with a disruption in production at the end of the 10th century BCE. The event is thought to have been connected with a military campaign by the Egyptian Pharaoh “Shishak” that took place following the death of King Solomon.
There but for the grace of God go we all: MSHA on mine safety
Posted in Church, health and safety, safety, tagged mining, MSHA, safety, W.R. Grace on June 24, 2008 |
No doubt the facts are complex and at least can be argued either way. Yet this morning’s two news reports, make you wonder about the tendency for people to do wrong:
W.R. Grace and asbestos: “The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to hear an appeal by W.R. Grace & Co. in a case that involves criminal charges brought by the government against the company and six of its executives for Clean Air Act violations in the release of asbestos from a vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana.”
MSAH and Crandall Canyon: vote them out and put them in court
Posted in About the news, Coal, tagged Coal, Crandall Canyon, MSHA, report mining, Salt Lake Tribune, U.S. Department of Labor on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Originally uploaded by trenthead
This hot up in Washington re the Crandall Canyon Mine. Here is the link to the just-issued report from the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General–Office of Audit. The report is called “MSHA could not show it made the right decision in approving the roof control plan at Crandall Canyon Mine.”
I have not yet read the 80 pages, so no comment from me. But the Google news and other blog items are begining to erupt, so take a look at your favorite, trusted resources and sites. That from the Salt Lake Tribune is brief but informative. The report from kutv.com is longer but not in depth.
The two blog postings I found simply trot out the ususal litany of incompetence we have all become too familiar with. Nothing new or insightful there. In fact it is probably impossible at this time to say anything new and insightful about this dreadful case.
Personally I just recommend voting them all out of office and starting with a fresh slate. For the rest, leave it to the lawyers, they may get to the guilty whom we cannot vote out.
Crandall Canyon dicing: 900 versus 1,640 versus 4,512. And nine down!
Posted in Coal, health and safety, safety, Underground, tagged Agapito, Crandall Canyon, death, gambling, mining, MSHA, Murray Energy, NIOSH, tragedy on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nine lives gambled and lost on the dice of three numbers: 900; 1,640; or 4,512. These are the three dice-numbers that are at the center of Crandall Canyon’s Murray Energy versus Agapito versus MSHA debacle that turned to tragedy.
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