The state Department of Environmental Protection has the authority to interpret the definition of “accident” under the Bituminous Coal Mine Safety Act and to issue violations if those accidents are not properly reported, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
The ruling states that the 14 occurrences listed as accidents under the act are examples of the types of unanticipated events that must be reported by mine operators to DEP officials, and the DEP has the power to issue violations for failing to report incidents that fall within a similar class of dangerous events.
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