WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today that none of the nation’s 12,000 mining operations met the criteria for a pattern of violations notice, one of the agency’s toughest enforcement tools.In MSHA’s annual screening of operations from Oct. 1, 2025, to Sept. 30, 2026, the agency found no pattern of violation notices. The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 includes the pattern of violations provision for mines with a recurring pattern of significant and substantial violations – those that are reasonably likely to result in a serious injury or illness
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