Polls

• Should the Mine Act be Amended to Remove MSHA's Jurisdiction over Surface Mines? - 46 votes - open
• For Training Purposes, How Would You Classify a Person Whose Job is to Collect Rock Samples at Mines? - 30 votes - open
• Scientific workers aside, anyone doing a task of any length at a mine must have comprehensive training, MSHA says. Do you agree? - 32 votes - open
• MSHA's New POV Rule Aims to Punish Outlaw Mine Operators. Will Others Undeserving of POV Status Be Hit, Too? - 32 votes - open
• MSHA chief Joe Main has said it's not MSHA's intent "to cause undue financial hardship to mine operators." Do you believe him? - 42 votes - open
• During enforcement and legal proceedings, who has the upper hand, MSHA or the mine operator? - 16 votes - open
• With the election over, what changes, if any, do you foresee coming in mining? - 22 votes - open
• Are You Now Seeing a Kinder, Gentler MSHA? - 30 votes - open
• How Much Do You Believe Labor Organizations Will Receive in the Latest Round of Brookwood-Sago Grants? - 22 votes - open
• Should MSHA close unsafe mines? - 44 votes - open
• MSHA chief Joe Main contends the recent decline in citations and orders is due to improved operator compliance. Do you agree? - 34 votes - open
• What percentage of MSHA citations and orders are written in error because they cite violations where none exist? - 32 votes - open
• Will the three-year prison sentence given UBB's security director improve mine safety? - 20 votes - open
• Joe Main says MSHA's impact inspections are making mines safer. What do you think? - 36 votes - open
• Will any federal officials be indicted in connection with the UBB investigation? - 32 votes - open