FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1977
[Public Law 91–173]
[As Amended Through P.L. 109–280, Enacted August 17, 2006]
This document was prepared by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission and reflects changes to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 [30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.] by the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 ("MINER Act") [Pub. L. 109-236].
This is not an official document. Do not use this document as a legal citation to authority.
Mine Safety & Health Deskbook
Posted: April 6, 2016
The Office of the Solicitor’s Division of Mine Safety and Health has developed a “Mine Safety & Health Deskbook”. The Deskbook includes the current, operative text of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), as amended by numerous other statutes through October 2015. It also contains the text of other laws related to the protection of miner safety and health that may be useful to the mining community.
Access the Mine Safety & Health Deskbook here