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U.S. Department of Labor OIG, Audit of COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on MSHA Inspections and Investigations” Engagement Letter (2020-05-06)

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An April 29, 2020 memorandum from Elliot P. Lewis, Assistant Inspector General for Audit at the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General, to David G. Zatezalo, Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health. It announces an audit of the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The review is to cover the pandemic's impact on inspections and investigations and the guidance to mine operators for preventing employee exposures to COVID-19. The memo asks for an entrance conference the week of May 4, 2020, citing the urgency of the work, and names Audit Director Nicholas Christopher as the contact.

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“U.S. Department of Labor OIG, Audit of COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on MSHA Inspections and Investigations’ Engagement Letter (2020-05-06).” Original at www.oig.dol.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/u-s-department-of-labor-oig-audit-of-covid-19-pandemic-impact-on-msha-2530770cce/, SHA-256 37a932ef5a2cf6f432b709ee9dc109eece26567da74845286864e817266b2536.

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U.S. Department of Labor           Office of Inspector General
                                   Washington, D.C. 20210




April 29, 2020




MEMORANDUM FOR:            DAVID G. ZATEZALO
                           Assistant Secretary
                            for Mine Safety and Health




FROM:                      ELLIOT P. LEWIS
                           Assistant Inspector General
                            for Audit

SUBJECT:                   Audit of COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on MSHA
                           Inspections and Investigations

Please be advised we are initiating an audit on the Mine Safety and Health
Administration’s (MSHA) response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we
will review the pandemic’s impact on inspections and investigations and the
guidance to mine operators for preventing employee exposures to COVID-19.

We will contact your audit liaison to schedule an entrance conference so we can
discuss the audit’s objective, scope, methodology, and timeframes. Due to the
urgency of this work, we would like to have an entrance conference the week of
May 4, 2020, and plan to begin work immediately after the entrance conference.
We would appreciate your notifying appropriate agency officials of our plans.

If you have any questions, please contact Nicholas Christopher, Audit Director, at
(312) 353-2176.

cc:   Patricia Silvey, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations
      Wayne Palmer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
      Timothy Watkins, Administrator, Mine Safety and Health Enforcement
      Syed Hafeez, Director, PEIR




                    Working for America’s Workforce

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