Tag: MSHA

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Withdraws Simplified Procedures

By Willa Perlmutter on November 13, 2019 Posted in Mining, Regulation

The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (“Commission”) announced that it intends to withdraw its simplified proceedings rule effective November 25, 2019. The Commission’s Federal Register announcement is found here. The simplified proceedings were originally published in a final rule by the Commission on December 28, 2010. The Commission’s intention was to streamline its … Continue Reading

MSHA Announces Reinstatement of 2017 Obama-Era Rule on Workforce Examinations

By Ariel Stavitsky and Willa Perlmutter on October 3, 2019 Posted in Mining, Regulation

On Monday, September 30, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reinstated an Obama-era rule imposing heightened requirements for health and safety workplace examinations in surface metal and nonmetal mines. The reinstatement represents yet another volley in an already protracted regulatory process spanning two presidential administrations and multiple lawsuits. The 2017 Obama-era rule, marking one … Continue Reading

U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds MSHA’s Right to Obtain Personnel Records from Mine Operators

By Willa Perlmutter on July 26, 2017 Posted in Mining

On July 18, in Hopkins County Coal, LLC v. Perez, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion upholding two citations and an order issued to a mine operator, Hopkins County Coal, for its refusal to turn over certain personnel records requested by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) during … Continue Reading

ICYMI: Litigator Willa Perlmutter Establishes Mine Safety Practice at Stoel Rives

By Mike Mills on September 23, 2016 Posted in Events, Mining

Willa Perlmutter Stoel Rives MSHA Attorney

In case you missed it, Stoel Rives LLP welcomed Willa B. Perlmutter to the firm’s Natural Resources group this past July. Willa is based in our Portland office, but is serving our clients from Alaska to California and all points east—above ground and beneath. She is accustomed to working effectively and efficiently with in-house counsel and … Continue Reading