National Mine Health and Safety Academy: Progress and Problems

FPCD-78-35 Published: Apr 25, 1978. Publicly Released: Apr 25, 1978.

Highlights

The Department of the Interior established the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in 1971 to support Bureau of Mines efforts to reduce accidents and improve health conditions in mines and mineral industries through training. The Federal Mine Health and Safety Amendments Act of 1977 transferred the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration to the Department of Labor but left the Academy within the Department of the Interior.

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Employment

AccountingAdult educationFederal agency reorganizationFinancial managementManagement information systemsMine safetyProcurementSchoolsHealth and safetyMining