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Mine Safety and Health Materials

MSHA offers a variety of materials to assist trainers and mine operators in promoting a safe and healthy environment at U.S. mines. Use the search column or scroll through the most recent listings below to find materials for safety talks and trainings at your mine.

Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 5/4/2016

Surface Area of Underground Salt Mine – The bottom cone section of a 750 ton bin broke loose and fell onto the conveyors below, spilling about 350 tons of salt on the ground.

Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 5/1/2016

Miners working in warehouses are exposed to hazards that can result in traumatic injuries, musculoskeletal disorders or illnesses from exposure to harmful chemicals.

Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 4/27/2016

Surface Dimension Stone - A miner was operating a crawler hydraulic blast hole drill and the miner’s loose-fitting sweatshirt was caught in the drill steel.

Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 4/20/2016

Cement Plant – Three miners were on the plant roof attempting to clean the roof vent buildup. They were tied off when the roof slowly collapsed.

Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 4/13/2016

Surface Dredge - A miner was preparing to move the floatation platform.

Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 4/7/2016

Surface Limestone – A miner was in the basket of a raised man lift working near a stacker conveyor belt when his right arm became entangled in the head pulley.

Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 4/1/2016

April is one of the Deadliest Months in the Metal and Nonmetal Mining Industry

Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 3/31/2016

Surface Limestone Quarry – A dozer operator was pushing overburden on a waste pile when the dozer slid down the pile over 125 feet.

Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 3/24/2016

Surface Traprock – A loader operator was travelling down a 14% sloped roadway in a small articulated open-station loader which was equipped with ROPS and a seat belt.

Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 3/17/2016

Surface Limestone – A haul truck operator was hauling raw material from the extraction area downhill towards the primary plant, on a 5 percent grade haul road.