"… MSHA chief, Joe Main.About a year into his tenure as the nation's top mine safety regulator, Main announced an ambitious plan he said was aimed at ending bl …"

"… 2010. "It is the right thing to do."A decade earlier, Main was director of safety for the United Mine Workers union when the Clinton administration announce …"

"… form, a left-leaning think tank.When Congress passed the federal coal-mine safety law in 1969, the black-lung protection provisions were supposed to be flex …"

"… among their government streamlining proposals was to eliminate MSHA. Mine safety duties would be given instead to the Occupational safety and Health Admini …"

"… r inspections will now face greater scrutiny, amid concern over deaths and safety breakdowns at some plants held up as industry leaders.A report suggesting …"

"… ter for Public Integrity series revealed that deadly accidents and serious safety violations at these sites had gone largely unpunished by OSHA.The report a …"

"… sites into VPP, the agency’s enforcement branch was alleging widespread safety problems at all mail processing centers nationwide – an approach one for …"

"… r Public Integrity. The 11-page OSHA memo, dated May 10, 2012, argues that safety breakdowns in the plant warrant criminal prosecution — a rarity in worke …"

"… unrecorded, new research shows. Raani’s “lack of concern for employee safety was tangible” and injuries in its factory were “abundant,” Thom …"

"… the memo to David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health. Raani managers failed to put Centeno under a safety shower af …"

"… upational safety and health. Raani managers failed to put Centeno under a safety shower after he was burned and did not call 911 even though his skin was p …"

"… roduced legislation that would strengthen the 1970 law governing workplace safety. The bill, called the Protecting America’s Workers Act, addresses regul …"

"… of what’s happening at the worksite,” said Peg Seminario, director of safety and health for the AFL-CIO. Though the legislation may make headway in th …"