Drillers are exposed to rotating machinery that can entangle clothing and body parts and result in fatal or seriously disabling injuries.
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.
Cement Plant – Two miners were attempting to repair a crane rail in a storage building while inside a man lift basket. While raising the man lift, the basket snagged on a beam.
Sand & Gravel Mine – A miner fell from a conveyor and received serious injuries.
Underground Crushed & Broken Limestone Mine – A haul truck was being loaded at an underground mine when a significant portion of the immediate roof above the truck fell covering the top of the
Surface Sand & Gravel - A dozer was being used to cut a drainage ditch in a roadway berm.
On April 28, 2016, the bodies of a 20-year-old and a 19-year-old were recovered in an area known as the clay pits in Harrison County, Texas.
A loader operator was filling a bin when the loader’s bucket hit the upper body of a miner who entered the area unannounced.
On May 4, 2016, a triaxle dump truck overturned at a crushed stone operation. The delivery truck was hauling and dumping material onsite at a designated waste dump.
Phosphate/Surface – A miner operating a loaded articulated, haul truck drove through a berm and rolled the truck down the face of the dam.