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MSHA chief touts results from 'pattern of violations' rule

August 12, 2015 at 5:28 PM
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) holds up data that it says show a five-year-old change in policy toward work sites with substantial MSHA citation histories has been effective in targeting hazards to workers. OSHA over roughly the same period rolled out a tougher policy with greater emphasis on citing serious and repeat violations, and identifying alleged severe violators ( see related story ). MSHA in 2010 began to significantly reform the “pattern of violations” (POV) process to fulfill...

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