David Zatezalo
David George Zatezalo( born June 7, 1955) is a former American coal industry executive who currently serves as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health where he heads the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977( Public Law 95- 164) amended the Coal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969.
It can be found in the United States Code under Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining, Chapter 22, Mine Safety and Health.
The S. 717 legislation was passed by the 95th United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter on November 9, 1977.
The law of the United States enacted on November 9, 1977 took effect one hundred and twenty days later.
RAE Systems
RAE Systems, Inc. is a provider of wireless, gas and radiation detection instruments and systems that enable real-time safety and security threat detection to help mitigate risk, and protect workers, contractors, the public and assets.
RAE Systems is located in San Jose, California.
The company was founded in 1991 by Robert I. Chen and Peter Hsi.
The company's competitors include Ion Science Ltd, Mine Safety Appliances, Industrial Scientific Corporation, and Dräger.
Some of its customers include BP, Chevron and Total Petroleum in the energy sector; the United States Air Force and Navy and Department of Homeland Security in the government sector; DuPont and Formosa Plastics in other industry sectors.
Auergesellschaft
The industrial firm Auergesellschaft was founded in 1892 with headquarters in Berlin.
Up to the end of World War II," Auergesellschaft" had manufacturing and research activities in the areas of gas mantles, luminescence, rare earths, radioactivity, and uranium and thorium compounds.
In 1934, the corporation was acquired by the German corporation Degussa.
In 1939, their Oranienburg plant began the development of industrial- scale, high- purity uranium oxide production.
Special Soviet search teams, at the close of World War II, sent" Auergesellschaft" equipment, material, and staff to the Soviet Union for use in their nuclear weapon project.
In 1958" Auergesellschaft" merged with the Mine Safety Appliances Corporation, a multinational US corporation.
Auergesellschaft became a limited corporation in 1960.
Mine Safety Appliances
Mine Safety Appliances, or MSA Safety Incorporated, is a maker of sophisticated safety products that help protect workers who may be exposed to a variety of hazardous conditions.
The company ’s product line includes gas monitoring and detection instruments, filter- type respirators, gas masks, breathing apparatus used by firefighters, thermal imaging cameras, firefighter helmets, ballistic body armor, military communications systems, a broad range of industrial head and fall protection products, and safety products for Do- It- Yourself consumers.
Key markets include construction, military, fire service, chemical production, oil and gas, and general industry.
MSA is based in the Pittsburgh suburb of Cranberry.
With help from Thomas Edison the company was formed in 1914 to develop a battery- powered cap lamp for miners to help prevent methane- related explosions caused by open flame lamps.
Since the turn of the 21st Century, MSA has seen record sales.
Only a small portion of the company's current products involve mining related products.
The company ’s competitors include Industrial Scientific Corporation, RAE Systems and Dräger.
The corporation's assets are managed through two business segments: MSA North America and MSA International.
MSA has sales and manufacturing operations throughout the world and sells products to customers in more than 140 countries.
While the majority of MSA's products are available only through distributors, the company does sell head, eye, ear, respiratory and body protection products to individuals through a variety of hardware and home center retail outlets.
Grootdraai
Grootdraai is a town and a mine in Capricorn District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.
Industrial Scientific Corporation
Industrial Scientific Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, designs and manufactures gas detection products that protect workers from hazardous conditions around the world.
Key markets include utilities, chemical production, oil and gas, steel and coke, paper industry, fire service, construction, military, insurance companies, food service, and general industry.
Industrial Scientific has major operations in Shanghai, China; Arras, France; Sherwood Park, Canada, and Dortmund, Germany.
Manufacturing, product development, and repairs are based in their Pittsburgh headquarters.
The company ’s competitors include Mine Safety Appliances, RAE Systems, and Dräger.
Mine Safety and Health Administration
The Mine Safety and Health Administration( MSHA) is an agency of the United States Department of Labor which administers the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977( Mine Act) to enforce compliance with mandatory safety and health standards as a means to eliminate fatal accidents, to reduce the frequency and severity of nonfatal accidents, to minimize health hazards, and to promote improved safety and health conditions in the nation's mines.
MSHA carries out the mandates of the Mine Act at all mining and mineral processing operations in the United States, regardless of size, number of employees, commodity mined, or method of extraction.
David Zatezalo is Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, and the head of MSHA.
MSHA is organized into several divisions.
The Coal Mine Safety and Health division is divided into 12 districts covering coal mining in different portions of the United States.
The Metal- Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health division covers six regions of the United States.
BMW M
BMW M GmbH, formerly known as BMW Motorsport GmbH, is a high-performance division of BMW AG that manufactures high-performance cars.
BMW M ("M" for "motorsport") was initially created to facilitate BMW’s racing program, which was very successful in the 1960s and 1970s.
As time passed, BMW M began to supplement BMW's vehicle portfolio with specially modified higher trim models, for which they are now most known by the general public.
These M-badged cars traditionally include modified engines, transmissions, suspensions, interior trims, aerodynamics, and exterior modifications to set them apart from their counterparts.
All M models are tested and tuned at BMW's private facility at the Nürburgring racing circuit in Germany.
BMW M also provides M packages for the BMW S1000RR motorcycle.
Mine Safety and Health News
Mine Safety and Health News is the only credentialed, independent reporting service in the U.S. covering the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
It is not affiliated with any mining organization, lobbying group, policy group, labor or political organization, or mining company.
It does not accept advertising and is strictly a subscription-based news and research publication.
Membership: Society of Professional Journalists; Investigative Reporters and Editors; Specialized Information Publishers Association; Associate member of the Associated Press.

Question: Are Bmw M and Mine Safety Appliances both located in the same country?
Answer: no