Legal Opinion
Knox Creek Coal Corporation v. Secretary of Labor
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 21, 2016No. 14-2313PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Petition for review denied by published opinion. Judge WYNN wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Senior Judge DAVIS joined.
WYNN, Circuit Judge:
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (the “Commission”) determined that four uncontested violations of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the “Mine Act”) by Knox Creek Coal Corporation (“Knox Creek”) were “significant and substantial” under 30 U.S.C. § 814(d)(1). Three violations were so-called “permissibility” violations, involving inadequately sealed enclosures of electrical equipment, and one was an “accumulations”…
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