WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a rule called: Improving and Eliminating Regulations; Blacksmith Shops.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on June 25 by Wayne D. Palmer, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Summary: MSHA is eliminating outdated requirements for blacksmith shops located at surface areas of underground metal and nonmetal (MNM) mines. These provisions are being removed from MSHA's regulations because blacksmith shops are no longer used by MNM mines.
For more information, contact Corliss A. Josephs-Conway, Acting Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at 202-693-9440 (voice). This is not a toll-free number.
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