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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.

Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 8/1/2016

Drillers are exposed to rotating machinery that can entangle clothing and body parts and result in fatal or seriously disabling injuries.

Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 7/20/2016

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.

Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 6/16/2016

Sand & Gravel Mine – A miner fell from a conveyor and received serious injuries.

Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 6/8/2016

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

Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 6/1/2016

Surface Sand & Gravel - A dozer was being used to cut a drainage ditch in a roadway berm.

Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 6/1/2016

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.

Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 5/26/2016

A loader operator was filling a bin when the loader’s bucket hit the upper body of a miner who entered the area unannounced.

Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 5/19/2016

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.

Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 5/11/2016

Phosphate/Surface – A miner operating a loaded articulated, haul truck drove through a berm and rolled the truck down the face of the dam.