Cemex USA’s Clinchfield Cement Plant and Quarry in Clinchfield, Ga., together earned the prestigious Sentinels of Safety Award, recognized by the National Mining Association (NMA) and federal agencies for their outstanding achievements and ongoing commitment to safety.
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MSHA Reports Fatality From 2018 Accident
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that a miner who fell from a man basket when the weldment securing the basket to the shovel failed on June 15, 2018, died of his injuries on June 27, 2019.
Read MoreAggregates Operations Honored for Safety Achievement
The National Mining Association (NMA), the U.S. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM), announced the companies they will honor for outstanding achievements in mine safety, environmental stewardship and technology.
Read MoreMSHA Schedules Stakeholder Meetings
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced the dates and locations of five public stakeholder meetings on the standards for examinations of working places in metal and nonmetal mines that became effective on Sept. 30.
Read MoreMSHA Issues Lockout/Tagout Alert
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has issued a Lockout/Tagout alert. Electricity has killed three people in the mining industry since Aug. 7, 2019.
Read MoreYou Ought to Know the Difference!
Sept. 5, 2019 – MSHA apparently doesn’t know the difference between cement and concrete. The agency issued a preliminary fatality report that states, “On August 20, 2019, at approximately 8:00 a.m., a miner was fatally injured when he sustained traumatic injuries from a 40-ft. fall down a shaft to the cement floor below. The victim was working with another miner unloading a refuse kettle…
Read MoreNew Study Details Mining Industry Hearing Loss
A new study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine is the first to examine hearing loss prevalence and risk by industry within most mining sector industries; as well as the oil and gas extraction sector.
Read MoreMSHA Reports Electrical Fatality
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Aug. 7, a plant electrician with 15 years of mining experience was electrocuted when he contacted an energized connection of a 4,160 VAC electrical circuit. The victim was in the plant’s Motor Control Center (MCC) adjusting the linkage between the disconnect lever and the internal components of the panel supplying power…
Read MoreMSHA Reports 11th Fatality
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Wednesday, July 17, a 32-year-old general manager/owner was killed when he was struck by a hydraulic breaker.
Read MoreMSHA Reports Recent Fatalities
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on June 10, a 22-year-old contractor with three years of experience, was fatally injured when he was pinned between a front-end loader and a concrete block.
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