The administration of the federal mine safety and health continues its crackdown on the coal industry has not hindered the growth of the industry is, Director Joe Messing said on Friday.
From April 2010 to June 2011, the number of employees of the mining underground is growing about 11 percent, major said in an interview with The Associated Press on the second anniversary as Assistant Secretary of labor is responsible for my safety.
There is also an 8 percent increase in the number of new mining unit, meaning a new operation or expansion of existing mines, in the fiscal year. Major said that shows that the strategic, targeted initiatives can work.
Major, who oversees the nation's well-being, the miners spent 392,000 22 years to the United Mine Workers of America's health and Safety Department. He is a critic of his predecessor, Richard Stickler, and has since launched dozens of programs to help make mine coal, metal and Nonmetal safer.