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 9/16/2016
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
Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 9/1/2016
Working Near Water Hazards
HAZARD - Working around, over, or near water
POTENTIAL OUTCOME - Entrapment, drowning
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.