Legal Opinion
United Steel v. Mine Safety & Health Admin.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 11, 2019No. 18-1116PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Karen LeCraft Henderson, Circuit Judge:
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), housed in the United States Department of Labor (Labor), sets health and safety standards for mine operations. Its regulatory authority is subject to a unique limitation: "[n]o mandatory health or safety standard ... shall reduce the protection afforded miners by an existing mandatory health or safety standard." 30 U.S.C. § 811(a)(9). The no-less-protection standard occupies center stage in the case before us. In 2017, MSHA promulgated a safety standard that requires mine operators to examine all areas…
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