MSHA EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Reasons for Improvements in Mine Safety and Health - ANSWER Legislation
& regulation Moral imperative
Better educated miners
Improved mining methods & technology
Good business minimizes losses
Safety and health management techniques
1910 P.L. 61-179, the Organic Act - ANSWER U.S. Bureau of Mines
Established
Research to reduce accidents
No inspection authority
1973 Secretary of the Interior created the Mine Enforcement and Safety
Administration (MESA) - ANSWER MESA assumed the enforcement actions
of the USBM.
1977 Federal Mine Safetyand Health Act, P.L. 95-164 - ANSWER Established
the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in DOL
All mines under a single statutory scheme
Expanded rights of miners
Established FMSHRC
2006 Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act -
ANSWER Mine-specific emergency response plan
New requirements for mine rescue
Sealing of abandoned areas
Enhanced monetary penalties
Implementation of the Act - ANSWER Regulations
Inspections
, Citations
Penalties
Miners' rights
Implementation of the Act
Regulations- - ANSWER "The Secretary shall . . . develop, promulgate and
revise . . . improved mandatory health and safety standards."
Nothing should reduce the existing health and safety standards
Inspections - ANSWER UG- 4
S- 2
Citations - ANSWER "If, upon inspection or investigation, the Secretary or his
AR believes that an operator of a mine . . . has violated any standard . . . he shall
issue a citation."
Monetary Penalties
Miner's Rights
Citations:
Miner's Rights - ANSWER Training
Protection from discrimination in hiring
Miners' representative
Protection from discrimination for making a safety or health complaint
Right to obtain an immediate inspection
Right to compensation for safety closures
Legal Definitions on paper - ANSWER on paper
Key Regulatory Provisions
Title 30 CFR - ANSWER Part 75 Underground Coal Part 77 Surface Coal
Part 56 Surface Metal/NonMetal
Part 57 Underground M/NM
Ground Control Numbers - ANSWER 75.202
75.220(a)
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Reasons for Improvements in Mine Safety and Health - ANSWER Legislation
& regulation Moral imperative
Better educated miners
Improved mining methods & technology
Good business minimizes losses
Safety and health management techniques
1910 P.L. 61-179, the Organic Act - ANSWER U.S. Bureau of Mines
Established
Research to reduce accidents
No inspection authority
1973 Secretary of the Interior created the Mine Enforcement and Safety
Administration (MESA) - ANSWER MESA assumed the enforcement actions
of the USBM.
1977 Federal Mine Safetyand Health Act, P.L. 95-164 - ANSWER Established
the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in DOL
All mines under a single statutory scheme
Expanded rights of miners
Established FMSHRC
2006 Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act -
ANSWER Mine-specific emergency response plan
New requirements for mine rescue
Sealing of abandoned areas
Enhanced monetary penalties
Implementation of the Act - ANSWER Regulations
Inspections
, Citations
Penalties
Miners' rights
Implementation of the Act
Regulations- - ANSWER "The Secretary shall . . . develop, promulgate and
revise . . . improved mandatory health and safety standards."
Nothing should reduce the existing health and safety standards
Inspections - ANSWER UG- 4
S- 2
Citations - ANSWER "If, upon inspection or investigation, the Secretary or his
AR believes that an operator of a mine . . . has violated any standard . . . he shall
issue a citation."
Monetary Penalties
Miner's Rights
Citations:
Miner's Rights - ANSWER Training
Protection from discrimination in hiring
Miners' representative
Protection from discrimination for making a safety or health complaint
Right to obtain an immediate inspection
Right to compensation for safety closures
Legal Definitions on paper - ANSWER on paper
Key Regulatory Provisions
Title 30 CFR - ANSWER Part 75 Underground Coal Part 77 Surface Coal
Part 56 Surface Metal/NonMetal
Part 57 Underground M/NM
Ground Control Numbers - ANSWER 75.202
75.220(a)
