COSH Seeks To Shore Up Support For Adding OSHA Reforms To Mine Bill

Worker safety advocates are engaged in a grassroots effort to shore up support among lawmakers to include sweeping OSHA reforms as part of any mine safety bill that moves through Congress this year, sources say. A congressional Democratic source acknowledged that lawmakers are divided on the issue as including the OSHA language complicates efforts to get mine legislation passed. A mine safety bill containing key provisions culled from the broader OSHA reform legislation has been voted out of the House labor committee and awaits floor action; a similar bill has been introduced in the Senate but