Monforton Documents
Letter from "academic experts" in mine safety on HR 2758, July 25, 2007 (here)
UMWA Testimony on HR2768 and HR2769 (here)
Steelworker Testimony on HR2768 and HR 2769 (here)
Steelworkers (Oral Statement) on HR2768 and HR 2769 (here)
MSHA 25th Anniversary document (here)
OSHA Improvement Legislation (S1244) (HR2049)
Foulke Response on Cintas to Woolsey (May 2007)
US Bureau of Mines: Electronic Tracking of Trapped Miners (1976) (here)
USDOL Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda for MSHA and OSHA (April 2007) (here)
Mine Disaster Famiily Assistance Act of 2007 (here)
Ban Asbestos in America Act (Senate vote, Oct 4, 2007) (here)
Miller and Roybal-Allard letter to OIRA's Susan Dudley, October 29, 2007 (here)
Ron Wooten memo on coal fatalities on weekend shifts, October 29, 2007 (here)
OSHA Fairness Coalition on S-MINER Act (here)
Family-member victims of workplace fatalities: news release (here) and Bill of Rights (here)
Minnesotan one of four dead, Star Tribune Nov 2 2007 (here)
Four dead at toxic pit in Village of Superior, Duluth News Tribune, Nov 2, 2007 (here)
Screen shot OIRA Nov 2, 2007, Confined Space (here)
Tyler Kahle, 19, mine fatality victim, Nome, Alaska (photo)
Craig Bagley, 27, mine fatality victim, Nome, Alaska (photo)
Christopher Doughty, 18, construction fatality victim, San Antonio, Texas (photo)
Donald Smtih, 22, workplace fatality victim, Texas (photo)
Paul King, 50, Memorial (here)
"Justice for Chad" petition (here)
APHA Policy Resolution on TSCA (here)
APHA Policy Resolution on Food Production Sustainability (here)
OSHA Final Rule Employer Payment for PPE, November 15, 2007 (here)
McAteer's Monongah book cover
Matthew Indeglia, 20, victim of Salem Harbor Power Station blast (here)
Mark Mansfield, 41, victim of Salem Harbor Power Station blast (here)
Phillip Robinson, 56, victim of Salem Harbor Power Station blast (here)
New York Times article on industrial boilers, November 16, 1902 (here)
Recusal Statement of Federal Judge Gray H Miller November 20 2007 (here)
BP Victim's Motion in Opposition to BP's Plea Agreement Nov 20 2007 (here)
Prof. Rick Honaker Op-Ed, Nov26 2007 (here)
Confined Space in Construction OSHA proposed rule (here)
SLT Photos Paint a Grim Picture 11 22 2007 (here)
SLT Feds Turn Over Mine Probe Data 11 21 2007 (here)
NY Times on Monongah Dec 6 1907 (here)
Senate passes watered down energy bill, Forbes Dec 13, 2007 (here)
Walsh MP. The global experience with lead in gasoline and the lessons we should apply to the use of MMT. Am J Ind Med. 2007;50(11): 853-860. (here)
Screen shot of MSHA's Asst. Secretary page Jan 3, 2008 (here)
FOIA to NIOSH on Mine Safety Research Grants, Aug 21, 2007 (here)
HHS/CDC Interim Response to Aug 21 2007 FOIA (here)
Table of Selected NIOSH grants for mine technology (here)
Petition to MSHA for Better Miners' Rights Training (here)
News Release on Petition for Miners' Rights (here)
11(c) Complaint against Second Housing Co Inc. (here)
Consent Judgement Second Housing Co Inc. (here)
Monforton Testimony at MSHA Public Hearing on Proposed Rule on Asbestos, Oct 2005 (here)
Sago Presentation (here)
Office of Technology Assessment Report on OSHA Standards, 1995 (here)
Accident Report 2/20/08 (here)
DOL Reg Agenda Dec 2007 (here)
OSHA SBREFA SERs Beryllium (here)
OSHA SBREFA Report on Beryllium Rulemaking, January 2008 (here)
Rhode Island COSH Petition to OSHA 2002 (here)
Howard v Chao Petition March 2008 (here) and DOL's Motion to Dismiss, May 2008 (here)
Flooded Village Files Suite NYTime Feb 2008 (here)
Letter from Oppegard to SOL Whiting, April 2008 (here)
House Panel to Examine Cintas Safety Record, April 2008 (here)
Petitions to Review MSHA's Feb 29, 2008 Asbestos health standard (here and here)
David Kohn "It's time to stop a tragic waste" (Baltimore Sun, May 11 2008)
State Report on Chad Cook's Death May 2008 (here)
Ray of Hope, Akron Beacon Journal, May 11, 2008 (here)
Popular Science's Inventions Award 2008 (here)
Churches Go Green (here)
Petition to MSHA for Rulemaking on Miners' Statutory Rights, Feb 2008 (here) and Rejection letter from MSHA, April 2008 (here)
NHTSA FMVSS No 216, Comments (Advocates Hwy Safety) (Lawler), 73 Fed Reg 5486 (here), and 70 Fed Reg 49246 (here)
Crane and Derrick Safety: NegReg Committee members (here), establishing Committee (here), Reg Agenda May 2008 (here), Reg Agenda Dec 2007 (here)
DuPont to EPA (TSCA) on Carcinoid Tumors, Dec 2007 (here)
DuPont Plant Linked to Cancer, DelawareOnLine, June 10, 2008 (here)
AP Story on DuPont Cancer Cases, June 2008 (here)
Marsh et al, 2007 (here)
Esman et al, 2007 (here)
Letter from Crane NegReg Committee members to Elaine Chao, March 2008 (here)
Podziba Op-Ed NYTimes June 2008 (here)
Senator Clinton letter to Foulke on Cranes, May 30 2008 (here)
T2 Laboratory June 18 Citations, Jacksonville.com (here)
OSHA Citations to T2 Laboratory June 18, 2008 (here)
CDC Announcement about John Howard July 3 2008 (here)
OIRA EO 12866 Review, Screen Shot, July 8 2008 (here)
Kennedy and Miller's letter to Elaine Chao on proposed risk assessment rule July 10 (here)
"A Pointless Departure" NY Times on NIOSH John Howard July 11 2008 (here)
Atlanta Journal Constitution, John Howard, July 9, 2008 (here)
Complaint to DOL IG on Fulmer case (here)
DOL IG Response to Complaint (here)
NY Times Editorial No Friend of Workers July 18 2008 (here)
Furchtgott-Roth New Rules for OSHA July 18 2008 (here)
DOL Risk Assessment Proposal July 2008 (here)
Tom Bethell, Editorial, The Mountain Eagle, August 6, 2008 (here)
NYTimes editorial, Greed Above, Death Below, August 7, 2008 (here)
FOIA to OSHA on Petitions for Rulemaking, March 21, 2008 (here)
OSHA response to FOIA on Petitions for Rulemaking, April 16, 2008 (here)
Followup to OSHA on FOIA on Petitions for Rulemaking, May 9, 2008 (here)
OSHA response to my followup letter, May 30, 2008 (here)
Monforton FOIA to Foulke on procedures for handling petitions for rulemaking, June 16 2008 (here)
Foulke response to Monforton, August 13, 2008 (here)
OMB webpage screenshot, DOL Risk Assessement, Consistent w/ Change, Aug 25, 2008 (here)
Salt Lake Tribune editorial "Deceitful disclosure: Crandall Canyon disclosure will chill investigations" August 26, 2008 (here)
