MSHA Test 1 | 44 Questions and Answers 100% Correct

MSHA Test 1 | 44 Question s and Answers 100% Correct Reasons for Improvements in Mine Safety and Health - Answer Legislation & regulation Moral imperative Better educated miners Improved mining methods & technology Good business minimizes losses Safety and health management techniques 1910 P .L. 61 -179, the Organic Act - Answer U.S. Bureau of Mines Established Conduct research to reduce accidents No inspection authority 1973 Secretary of the Interior created the Mine Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA) - Answer MESA assumed the enforce ment actions of the USBM. 1977 Federal Mine Safetyand Health Act, P .L. 95 -164 - Answer Established the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in DOL All mines under a single statutory scheme Expanded rights of miners Established FMSHRC 2006 Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act - Answer Mine -specific emergency response plan New requirements for mine rescue Sealing of abandoned areas Enhanced monetary penalties Implementation of the Act - Answer Regulations Inspections Citations Penalties Miners' rights Implementation of the Act Regulations - - Answer "The Secretary shall . . . develop, promulgate and revise . . . improved mandatory health and safety standards." Nothing should reduce the existing health and safety standards Inspections - Answer UG- 4 S- 2 Citations - Answer "If, upon inspection or investigation, the Secretary or his AR believes that an operator of a mine . . . has violated any standard . . . he shall issue a citation." Monetary Penalties Miner's Rights Citations: Miner's Rights - Answer Training Protection from discrimination in hiring Miners' representative Protection from discrimination for making a safety or health complaint Right to obtain an immediate inspection Right to compe nsation for safety closures Legal Definitions on paper - Answer on paper Key Regulatory Provisions Title 30 CFR - Answer Part 75 Underground Coal Part 77 Surface Coal Part 56 Surface Metal/NonMetal Part 57 Underground M/NM Ground Control Numbers - Answer 75.202 75.220(a) 75.222