Mine operators’ attorneys are starting to doubt whether the federal mine safety agency will issue an emergency temporary standard to protect workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
A group of those lawyers discussed the prospects for a Mine Safety and Health Administration measure during the American Bar Association’s Occupational Safety and Health Midwinter Meeting on a Tuesday virtual conference panel discussion.
“I don’t think they are going to do it,” said Hank Moore, an attorney at Fisher & Phillips LLP in Pittsburgh. Citing increased vaccination availability and inevitable legal challenges to any promulgated rule, Moore said, “If they issue an ...