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Preventive Roof/Rib Outreach Program

Lapse in Appropriations

For workplace safety and health, please call 800-321-6742; for mine safety and health, please call 800-746-1553; for Job Corps, please call 800-733-5627 and for Wage and Hour, please call 1-866-487-9243 (1 866-4-US-WAGE).  This website is currently not being updated due to the suspension of Federal government services. The last update to the site was 10/1/2025.  Updates to the site will start again when the Federal government resumes operations.

ARLINGTON, Va. – Improvements in roof control technology in underground coal mines have significantly reduced accidents involving roof and rib falls or coal bursts, but such accidents remain a leading cause of injuries, reports the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration. 

Summer 2021 Resources

2021 Prop Poster 1: Coal
2021 Prop Poster 2: Metal/Nonmetal

Summer 2019 Resources

2019 Prop Poster 1: Look, Sound and Scale
2019 Prop Poster 2: Scalling

Summer 2018 Resources

2018 Prop Poster 1: Examine pillars from all sides
2018 Prop Poster 2: Check a supported roof
2018 Prop Poster 3: Look for changes in overhanging brows
2018 Prop Poster 4: Be vigilant in high areas like overcasts or construction sites
2018 Prop Best Practices