Mine Safety: Federal Efforts to Improve Inspections and Injury Reporting

摘要

The report reviews inspection practices and the injury reporting system of the Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Specifically, it looks at MSHA's (1) progress toward completing mandatory regular safety and health inspections, (2) mechanisms to assess the quality of these inspections, and (3) efforts to verify the accuracy and completeness of injury reporting by mine operators.