29 U.S.C. § 557a
Mine Safety and Health Administration
There is established in the Department of Labor a Mine Safety and Health Administration to be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, shall have authority to appoint, subject to the civil service laws, such officers and employees as he may deem necessary for the administration of this Act, and to prescribe powers, duties, and responsibilities of all officers and employees engaged in the administration of this Act. The Secretary is authorized and directed, except as specifically provided otherwise to carry out his functions under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 [30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.] through the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 30
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1979–2026 · leading case: Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich, 510 U.S. 200 (1994).
Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich, 510 U.S. 200 (1994). “1319 , 29 U. S. C. § 557a. [6] Petitioner relied for this proposition on a similar case in which a mine operator refused to post the designation of a UMWA employee, a citation was issued, and the MSHA ordered abatement within 24 hours and threatened to impose daily civil…”
Int'l Union, United Mine Workers v. Mine Saf. & Health Admin., 407 F.3d 1250 (D.C. Cir. 2005). “Health Administration (“MSHA”), 29 U.S.C. § 557a (2000), had granted approximately 90 such petitions, finding, after on site inspections, that the modifications provide “the same measure of safety protection as the existing standard,” 68 Fed.”
Pattison Sand Co. v. Fed. Mine Saf. & Health Review Comm'n, 688 F.3d 507 (8th Cir. 2012). “§§ 811(a), 813(a); 29 U.S.C. § 557a. In the event of a mine accident, § 103(k) of the Act gives the Secretary authority to "issue such orders as [s]he deems appropriate to insure the safety of any person in the .”
Noranda Alumina, L.L.C. v. Fed Mine Sfty & Hlth Re, 841 F.3d 661 (5th Cir. 2016). “29 U.S.C. § 557a; 30 U.S.C. §§ 813-14 . FMSHRC administrative law judges (“ALJs”) are responsible for trial-level review of MSHA citations and penalties, see 29 C.”
Nat'l Mining Ass'n v. Sec'y, U.S. Dep't of Labor, 812 F.3d 843 (11th Cir. 2016). “§ 811 (a); 29 U.S.C. § 557a (creating MSHA and authorizing and directing the Secretary of Labor to fulfill his functions under the Mine Act through MSHA).”
Meredith v. Fed. Mine Saf. & Health Review Comm'n, 177 F.3d 1042 (D.C. Cir. 1999). “See 29 U.S.C. § 557a ("There is established in the Department of Labor a Mine Safety and Health Administration to be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safely and Health.”
Prairie State Generating Com. v. Sec'y of Labor, 792 F.3d 82 (D.C. Cir. 2015). “We hold that that the Secretary’s judgments regarding the suitability of mine-specific safety plans are entitled to deference under the Mine Act, and reject the further claims of error. I. The Mine Act charges two separate agencies with complementary policymak-ing and…”
Rosebud Mining Co. v. Mine Saf. & Health Admin., 827 F.3d 1090 (D.C. Cir. 2016). “29 U.S.C. § 557a. 2 . The latter scenario seems counter-intuitive — MSHA plainly does not intend to harm miners — but can be conceptualized as follows: assume arguendo that MSHA requires all elevator shafts to be manually operated, reasoning that elevators with electrical…”
CalPortland Co. v. Fed. Mine Saf. & Health Review Comm'n ex rel. Pappas, 839 F.3d 1153 (D.C. Cir. 2016). “(citing 29 U.S.C. § 557a; 30 U.S.C. §§ 813 , 814; Thunder Basin, 510 U.”
Dickenson-Russell Coal Co. v. Sec'y of Labor, 747 F.3d 251 (4th Cir. 2014). “1 Pursuant to the Act, the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”), see 29 U.S.C. § 557a, established “mandatory health [and] safety standards for the protection of life and prevention of injuries in coal or other mines,” 30 U.”
Sec'y of Labor v. Knight Hawk Coal, LLC, 991 F.3d 1297 (D.C. Cir. 2021). “See 29 U.S.C. § 557a; 30 U.S.C. §§ 813 , 814; Thunder Basin Coal Co.”
Joy Tech., Inc. v. Sec'y of Labor, 99 F.3d 991 (10th Cir. 1996). “The Secretary of Labor, through MSHA, an agency within the Department of Labor, see 29 U.S.C. § 557a, issued a regulation defining an independent contractor as “any person .”
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