Mine Safety and Health Enforcement

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practices for preventing future fatalities, and develops an outreach program to disseminate this information to the mining community and other stakeholders. MSHE will also work with stakeholders to seek ways to use the data which MSHA collects for identifying trends and use predictive analytics to target likely sources of serious injuries. Enhance compliance assistance activities related to powered haulage, surface mobile equipment, contractors, electrocutions, falls from height, the importance of maintaining and wearing proper protective equipment, training of inexperienced miners, and training of miners performing new tasks. Protect miners from discrimination. Conducts timely investigations of hazard complaints and discrimination complaints and communicates with miners to raise awareness and understanding regarding their rights and responsibilities under the Mine Act, including the right to participate in an MSHA inspection. Inspection and enforcement effectiveness. Focus on enforcement efforts to identify and eliminate hazards that contribute to serious and fatal accidents and illnesses. Enforcement efforts will be reinforced by working with stakeholders to cooperatively find the most effective solutions. Promote adoption of prevention-focused health and safety programs by mine operators. The Agency will increase its health sampling activities to ensure that miners' overexposure to health hazards are addressed by mine operators. Technical investigations, which evaluate the root causes of hazards and accidents in mines, will be conducted. MSHE will conduct accident prevention inspections in response to specific mine hazards. MSHA will provide compliance assistance to operators to assist in correcting violations. Advancing inspection equipment and technology modernization. Whenever practical, MSHE searches for and procures inspection equipment manufactured in the United States, as outlined in the President's priority "Deliver Results, Buy American." Additionally, MSHE will prioritize information technology and technology modernization, as well as focus on methods for increasing data capabilities to improve and enhance enforcement effectiveness and improve workplace safety and health in the mining industry. FY 2026 MSHE will administer the provisions of the Mine Act, as amended by the MINER Act, to promote compliance with safety and health standards, prevent fatalities, injuries and illnesses, reduce the frequency and severity of accidents, and minimize health hazards in the nation's approximately 950 active coal mines and 11,800 metal and nonmetal mines. MSHE will inspect all active underground mines at least four times per year and all surface mines at least twice a year. Promote the use of innovative technologies to enhance mine safety oversight and operational efficiency. The Agency will explore and deploy emerging solutions such as AI-powered drones to assist with hazard identification, predictive analytics to detect safety trends and prioritize MSHA - 17 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ENFORCEMENT inspections, and NexGenIS smart headset technology to improve real-time inspection documentation and situational awareness in the field. These technologies will support inspectors and technical specialists by enabling faster access to information, improving hazard detection capabilities, and enhancing decision-making. Through continued innovation and technology integration, MSHA will strengthen its ability to proactively identify risks, improve inspection effectiveness, and support the Agency's mission of protecting miner safety and health

Extracted from Mine Safety and Health Administration, p. 9. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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