The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced the availability of up to $1 million to fund grants to support education and training to help mine workers identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions.
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MSHA Reports Seventh Fatality
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on March 12, a miner at Dredge Chesterfield in St Louis County, Mo., was fatally injured while attempting to insert a steel pin into a spud beam.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on March 5, a miner at Otter Creek Sand & Gravel Inc., Fulton County, Ill., was fatally injured when the excavator he was operating rolled over into a body of water.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Feb. 25, a 26-year-old plant operator at Sierra Ready Mix Quarry Site, Clark County, Nev., died after entering a cyclone discharge box. The local fire department recovered the victim lodged in an 18-in. wide discharge pipe that was full of water.
Read MoreMSHA Reports First Fatality of 2021
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Jan. 16, a miner was fatally injured while using a tool to remove a down-the-hole hammer. The drill motor turned unexpectedly, pinning the driller’s leg between the tool and the drill mast. The accident took place at Red Dog Operations, Northeast Arctic, Alaska.
Read MoreA New Approach to Conducting Required Training
An Interactive Case Example In The Aggregates Industry. By Joe McGuire, PhD, Emily Haas, PhD and Lucas Simpson, GSP
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Read MoreGalanis Appointed MSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary
Jeannette J. Galanis, MSHA’s new deputy assistant secretary for policy, was appointed by President Biden, effective Monday, Feb. 1, 2021.
Read MoreMSHA COVID Guidance Seeks to Mitigate, Prevent Viral Spread
The U.S. Department of Labor issued stronger worker safety guidance to help mine operators and mine workers implement a coronavirus protection program and better identify risks that could lead to exposure.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Feb. 22, a 26-year-old underground chute puller at Nyrstar’s Immel zinc mine in Knox County, Tenn., was fatally injured as a passenger of a rail-mounted locomotive when he was crushed between the deck of the locomotive and an overhead chute.
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