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.
Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 4/7/2016
Surface Limestone – A miner was in the basket of a raised man lift working near a stacker conveyor belt when his right arm became entangled in the head pulley.
Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 4/1/2016
April is one of the Deadliest Months in the Metal and Nonmetal Mining Industry
Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 3/31/2016
Surface Limestone Quarry – A dozer operator was pushing overburden on a waste pile when the dozer slid down the pile over 125 feet.
Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 3/24/2016
Surface Traprock – A loader operator was travelling down a 14% sloped roadway in a small articulated open-station loader which was equipped with ROPS and a seat belt.
Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 3/17/2016
Surface Limestone – A haul truck operator was hauling raw material from the extraction area downhill towards the primary plant, on a 5 percent grade haul road.
Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 3/3/2016
Surface Copper – A miner was installing a rock knocker on the rear wheel of a haul truck from a man lift.
Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 3/2/2016
Surface Construction Sand and Gravel – A miner finished refueling an excavator and was in the process of stepping down onto the track to lay the fuel nozzle down when he fell.
Safety / Health Alerts
Posted 3/1/2016
Loading and unloading materials, supplies and products are daily activities at mine sites, activities that are often involved in many workplace injuries and fatalities.
Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 2/25/2016
Underground Zinc Mine – A miner received an electrical shock when he contacted an exposed circuit breaker handle mounting screw (yellow box).
Close Call / Serious Accident
Posted 2/18/2016
Underground Gold Mine – Two miners were trapped behind a back/roof fall when they could not safely exit their workplace.