The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is asking a U.S. District Court judge for an unusual court order requiring a Fairbanks gold mine to open its gates for inspectors.
aboard a helicopter, listed safety violations and claimed that three untrained miners were working at the site.
“The person staying in our trailer last year was not a miner, but we believe MSHA is trying to refer to him as such,” she said by email.Inspectors cited Maier, who refused to accept the citations and refused to allow followup inspections. During drives by the mine site, inspectors said they observed continued work.
In letters to the mine safety agency, Maier said that the mine does not have employees and that inspectors should have presented Maier with a copy of the complaint. Minor mine safety violations are common in Alaska, which has a large number of metal mines, but federal court cases involving safety inspections are vanishingly rare.
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