MSHA Withdrawing Offers for New Inspectors, House Democrats Say

The Trump administration withdrew as many as 90 mine safety inspector job offers from people who had accepted and were undergoing the on-boarding process at the US Mine Safety and Health Administration, according to a letter from two House Democrats.

The pair want details from the Department of Labor about possible office closures and planned staff reductions at MSHA, an agency that for years has struggled with staffing issues.

“Arbitrary cutbacks on staffing make no sense when MSHA is already dangerously low on inspectors,” Reps. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who both hold ranking key positions on the ...