Court Cases and Other Material Pertaining to Self-Contained Self Rescue Devices (SCSRs), 1977-1981

This box contains court records and related documents on miners' need for Self-Contained Self-Rescuers (SCSRs) as part of their workplace safety provisions. Contents include Pittson Mine Disaster reports, litigation records, publications, and binders for the US Court of Appeals case: Council of the Southern Mountains, Inc., et al. (CSM) v. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, Eckehard Muessig, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor, and MSHA, and case: Consolidation Coal Co. v. Donovan, et al., all related to the provision of SCSRs to mining employees.