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Designate Your Miner

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When a job requires moving machinery in a confined area where others are in close proximity, designate one person with the sole responsibility of communicating with the machine operator. With only 1 person communicating to the operator, focus will be on the specific communication, as opposed to others whose actions may be misunderstood.

Designate Someone
  • Ensure that nothing moves without Lefty's instructions.
  • Anyone can call a halt to operations, but only Lefty can start things moving again.
  • Machine operator stops the operation if Lefty is giving confusing signals or something unanticipated happens


MSHA extends a thank you and a tip of the hardhat to
Mike Bestgen,
a winner of a limited edition sticker and patch.

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Issued: 02/24/2006
Tag # AP2006-92604



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