I 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5785 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2010 Ms. Shea-Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To direct the Mine Safety and Health Administration to provide to mine operators for distribution to miners wallet cards and similar devices containing the phone number of the Administration’s national hazard reporting phone number.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Mine Worker Safety Hotline Accessibility Act.

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Distribution of national hazard reporting hotline phone number

Title I of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 811 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

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National hazard reporting hotline

The Secretary shall provide to all operators plastic wallet cards, refrigerator magnets, and other similar devices, containing the toll-free telephone number and appropriate Internet website address of the national hazard reporting hotline established by the Secretary. Each operator shall ensure that each miner employed at each mine of the operator receives such cards, magnets, or other devices and shall make available such cards, magnets, or other devices to all miner communities in order to facilitate the reporting mine accidents, incidents, injuries, illnesses, possible violations of this Act or of mandatory health or safety standards or plans, or other mine safety and health concerns.

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