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Appealing MSHA Made Difficult with Loose Talk

Published Friday, January 01, 2010

A case involving multiple allegations of unwarrantable failure against a North Carolina granite extraction and crushing facility and its foreman resulted in a mixed bag when the litigation came before Administrative Law Judge David Barbour in October 2009. This matter also confirms the principle that what you say during an inspection may provide the rope that the Mine Safety and Health Administration uses to hang you. Johnson Paving Co., faced $13,200 in proposed penalties for five citations and orders that were contested. Its foreman was the subject of two proposed actions under Section 110(c) of the Mine Act, ...

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