Mine Safety and Health Materials

Surface Open Pit Copper – An electrician was replacing a blown fuse by hand.

Surface – Iron Ore - A mechanic was working on a Cushman utility vehicle due to an intermittent propel issue.

Plant - Clay - A miner was trying to determine why clay was not flowing properly by examining a chute that discharged into a screw conveyor.

Structural integrity can be taken for granted, but failures can be sudden and unforgiving. Train miners and

From 1998 through 2015, sixty-one miners died at metal and nonmetal operations during the month of October. That’s an average of more than three fatal accidents each October since 1998.

A review of mining fatalities from 2010 to 2015 showed that each year about three miners fatally injured in a mobile equipment accident were not properly wearing their seat belt.

Millions of American drivers risk death and dismemberment daily by operating automobiles on highways without using seat belts.

MNM Fatal Accidents (since 2005) Citation issued for failure to wear a Seat Belt.

Surface Crushed and Broken Limestone Quarry - On September 19, 2016, during a period of heavy rainfall, the victim was operating an articulating haul truck to transport overburden