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Contractor Training Scrutiny Intensifies at Mines

Published Thursday, November 01, 2007

Time was when MSHA inspectors who encountered contractors at a mine site simply would do random checks for the “5000-23” training certificates and then move on to other substantive safety inspections. However, a recent case indicates that inspectors are now digging beneath the surface of such training and, when an infraction is discovered, holding the mine operator responsible despite exercise of due diligence. In Carmeuse Lime and Stone Inc. (ALJ Hodgdon, September 2007), the judge reviewed a training citation issued to the company under 30 CFR Part 48 for inadequate contractor training. Carmeuse operates an underground limestone mine ...

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