ALJ Affirms $70,000 Penalty, Personal Charges Against Mine Supervisor

摘要

A $70,000 penalty against a mining company, and a $7,000 personal fine against a supervisor has been upheld, where a miner fell through a walkway hole, dropping 28 ft. to his death when the workers were in the final stages of replacing a tail pulley belt at Freeport-Mc-Moran's Morenci Mine in Greelee, Ariz. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Judge William Moran also upheld unwarrantable failure findings of §56.11012, which requires in part, that "openings above, below, or near travelways through which persons or materials may fall shall be protected by railings, barriers, or covers."