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MSHA Inspectors Get New Online Tool to Detect Flagrant Violations

Posted in on Fri, Apr 29, 2011

MSHA News Release: [04/19/2011]

ARLINGTON, Va. - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that its Inspectors’ Portable Application for Laptops, or IPAL, is now equipped with an online tool to alert federal inspectors that certain violations will be reviewed for special assessment as flagrant violations.

When an inspector electronically enters a violation that meets the criteria for review as a potential flagrant violation, IPAL will display a pop-up message reminding the inspector to complete a Special Assessment Review Form for that violation. The Special Assessment Review Form will automatically open after the warning message has displayed.

http://www.msha.gov/MEDIA/PRESS/2011/NR110419.asp

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