Editing Mining engineering (section)

===United States===
The United States Congress, through the passage of the Federal [[Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977]], known as the Miner's Act, created the [[Mine Safety and Health Administration]] (MSHA) under the [[US Department of Labor|US Department of Labour]]. The act provides miners with rights against retaliation for reporting violations, consolidated regulation of coal mines with metallic and non-metallic mines, and created the independent [[Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission]] to review violations reported to MSHA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msha.gov/MSHAINFO/MSHAINF2.HTM|title=History of Mine Safety and Health Legislation|website=www.msha.gov|access-date=20 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218074218/http://www.msha.gov/mshainfo/mshainf2.htm|archive-date=18 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The act codified in Code of Federal Regulations § 30 (CFR § 30) covers all miners at an active mine. When a mining engineer works at an active mine, they are subject to the same rights, violations, mandatory health and safety regulations, and compulsory training as any other worker at the mine. The mining engineer can be legally identified as a "miner".<ref>20 CFR § 46.2(g)(1)(i)(ii)</ref>

The act establishes the rights of miners. The miner may report at any time a hazardous condition and request an inspection. The miners may elect a miners' representative to participate during an inspection, pre-inspection meeting, and post-inspection conference. The miners and miners' representatives shall be paid for their time during all inspections and investigations.<ref>The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, § 103(f) and (g)(1)</ref>