Drilling and Blasting Safety is Critically Important

MSHA’s Accident Prevention Program includes tips on drilling and blasting safety. Following are several items the agency wants to bring to the attention of plant operators or contractors performing drilling and blasting operations in quarries. Avoid Surface EntanglementsMany accidents have occurred when miners have come into contact with rotating drills: They tried to manually thread drill steels, unplug clogged suction…

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