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.
Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 7/12/2017
Surface – Clay – On June 19, 2017, a haul truck driver with 6 weeks experience traveled into the pit loading area and waited to be loaded.
Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 7/7/2017
Surface Sand, Industrial NEC - An electrician was operating a man lift when his left shoulder contacted the 14,400 volt overhead powerlines and received burns to his left shoulder, both arms and ha
Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 6/29/2017
Mill - Cement – A crane operator suffered serious injuries while attempting to stow the crane’s lattice extension.
Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 6/21/2017
Surface – Copper Ore Molybdenum Recovery Circuit – On November 3, 2016, an explosion occurred when a miner unloaded a truckload of sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS) solution using compres
Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 6/7/2017
Surface – Limestone - Two miners working from a man-lift, securing electrical cables with zip-ties, positioned the boom of the man-lift in the path of a rack and pinion elevator car.
Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 6/1/2017
Underground – Marble - A truck-mounted crane, operated by a certified crane operator (contractor), contacted a 25K volt incoming power line at the surface operations of an underground mine.
Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 5/25/2017
Surface – Industrial Sand – On March 20, 2017, a miner was unloading sand from the bottom of the rail car when he slipped and was pulled up into the conveyor.
Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 5/17/2017
Surface – Cement – A miner had just finished welding on the plant’s crusher and decided to jump from the next to the last step of a fixed ladder to reach the ground.
Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 5/11/2017
Surface Construction Sand & Gravel – A miner entered a feed hopper to remove bolts on the skirt board.
Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 4/26/2017
Surface Construction Sand & Gravel - A miner was operating a portable crusher when a large rock fell striking him on the left side of his head. The miner was wearing a hard hat at the time.