1. MSHA vs. OSHA

2. State Plans

3. No state plans

4. State Plans No state plansState plans

5. Inspections

6. Underground 4 Surface 2

7. Inspections Underground 4 Surface 2 No mandatory inspections

8. Inspections

9. No Warrant Necessary

10. Inspections No Warrant Necessary Warrant May Be Necessary

11. Inspections

12. Employee gets inspection walk around pay

13. Inspections Employee gets inspection walk around pay No walk around pay

14. Inspectors

15. 5 years mining experience

16. Inspectors 5 years mining experience No experience required

17. General Duty

18. No

19. General Duty Clause NoYes

20. Regulations

21. General

22. Regulations GeneralSpecific

23. Penalties

24. Mandatory penalties for all citations

25. Penalties Mandatory penalties for all citations No mandatory penalties for all citations

26. Closure

27. Closure order power vested in inspectors

28. Closure Closure order power vested in inspectors Closure order by court order only

29. Abatement

30. Required regardless of violation contest

31. Abatement Required regardless of violation contest Notice of contest suspends abatement

32. Civil Penalty

33. Knowing violations 1 year W/O fatality

34. Civil Penalty Knowing violations 1 year W/O fatality Knowing violations 6 months for fatality

35. Injury & Illness Reported to MSHA within 10 working days Not reported Maintained on log

36. Injury Reporting

37. Reported to MSHA within 10 working days

38. Injury Reporting Reported to MSHA within 10 working days Not reported Maintained on log

39. Training

40. New miner, new hire, refresher & task training, site specific mandatory

41. Training New miner, new hire, refresher & task training, site specific mandatory No minimum specific standards require training