S.3671 - Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2010

A bill to improve compliance with mine and occupational safety and health law, empower workers to raise safety concerns, prevent future mine and other workplace tragedies, establish rights of families of victims of workplace accidents, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: A bill to improve compliance with mine and occupational safety and health law, empower workers to raise safety concerns, prevent future mine and other workplace tragedies, establish rights of families of victims of workplace accidents, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2010 as introduced.

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11/30/10
Rock Law | Aggregates Manager Indu...

announced he will seek to pass his safety law amendments, S. 3671, including massive enforcement power and regulation increases for the m...

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11/19/10
My letter to Scientific American o...

The companion bill in the Senate, S. 3671, is still in committee. I imagine that during the lame duck session, Rep. Miller will be lookin...

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10/27/10
Charleston Gazette

As mentioned in section 701 of the bill contains a gold standard of protection for whistleblowers to replace Article 11 (c) former OSH Ac...

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10/05/10
Charleston Gazette calls for moder...

Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia has introduced a companion bill, S. 3671. It is still waiting for action by the Senate committee. "Passi...

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09/30/10
Missed Opportunity in the Senate t...

Sponsored by Rockefeller, the Democrats' bill (S. 3671) would not only hike the penalties for mine safety violations, but also expand whi...

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09/27/10
Enzi Blocks Mine Safety Bill From ...

The Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2010, or S. 3671, is similar to a version passed by the House Education an...

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09/27/10
W. Va. senators move to 2010 Mine ...

chairman of the Subcommittee on Workplace Safety, had introduced S. 3671 as a benchmark. Rockefeller added that bi-partisan talks had not...

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09/22/10
Get down on it. - Thieves in the T...

(It wouldn't be tough to combine footage of a mine cave-in and the subsequent rescues, with a short message on how Senator Moneybags vote...

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09/22/10
Get down on it. - Thieves in the T...

Finally, the Senate still hasn't acted on a damn thing S. 3671, the Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety and Health Act. The Act would update many ...

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09/19/10
People Who Make Things Utah Manufa...

Rockefeller (D-WV) introduced a companion version of the Miner Safety and Health Act (S. 3671). As its name suggests, the Act is aimed at...

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