8th Circuit Denies Unions’, Health Group’s Intervention Bids In MSHA Case

A federal appeals court has denied requests from labor unions and public health advocates to formally intervene in litigation challenging the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) final silica dust rule after MSHA and industry groups argued the intervention motions were untimely and legally flawed. “The motions for leave to intervene are denied,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit says in a one-sentence April 30 order in Sorptive Minerals Institute v. MSHA, et al. At issue...