Grefco Mine Seeks Safety Rule Tweak, No Extra Risk
Published Date: 3/3/2025
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Summary
Grefco Minerals, LLC asked to change some mine safety rules to use a different method that keeps miners just as safe. This affects miners at Grefco’s operations and could change how safety checks are done, with no extra costs expected. Everyone has until April 2, 2025, to share their thoughts on this petition.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Permission to store beer for lab tests
You work at Grefco Mine & Mill: the company asked MSHA to allow it to keep containers of beer with less than 10 percent alcohol by volume (ABV) on-site for product quality control, statistical control, and research testing. The proposal would let Grefco store opened or closed beer in secure, locked steel cabinets with marked bottles, log receipts and use, track amounts used, and dispose of remaining degassed beer; Grefco says it may run about 5 to 30 beer-soluble-iron (BSI) tests per day. Comments on the petition (Docket M-2025-002-M) must be received by April 2, 2025.
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