The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is reporting the third metal/nonmetal mining fatality of the year.
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Settlement Reached in Fatal Mining Incident
Excavating rock from the Mt. Marion Pit and Mill, a common shale operation in Ulster County, N.Y., involves a drilling and blasting operation. After detonation, the loose material is loaded into haul trucks, transported to a processing plant and turned into construction aggregate.
Read MoreMSHA Reports Second Metal/Nonmetal Fatality of 2017
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on March 14, 2017, an independent owner/operator truck driver walked behind his raised end-dump trailer while dumping his load, and was engulfed by sand. This is the second fatality reported in calendar year 2017 in metal and nonmetal mining.
Read MoreMSHA to Award Grants for Mine Safety Education, Training
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced the availability of up to $1 million in grants for education and training programs to help identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around the nation’s mines.
Read MoreMSHA Issues Close Call Accident Alert
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued the following close call accident alert.
Read MoreMSHA Hazard Alert Issued for Hoppers
MSHA issued a hazard alert for hoppers after a recent incident. A front-end loader operator was loading into the feed hopper. He dismounted from the cab to retrieve two 55-gal. drum lids from the hopper, when he fell into the hopper and became engulfed by the sand.
Read MoreMSHA Serious Accident Alert
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has issued the following Metal/Nonmetal Serious Accident Alert.
Read More2016 Was Record Low Year for Mining Fatalities
Preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) indicate that in 2016, 25 miners died in work-related accidents at the nation’s mines – down from 29 in 2015. The figure represents the lowest number of mining deaths ever recorded and only the second year that mining deaths dropped below 30. Currently, approximately 330,000…
Read MoreMining Deaths Drop to Historic Lows in FY 2016
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) released data that indicates Fiscal Year 2016 was the safest year in mining history.
Read MoreMine Act Clear on Commission’s Role in Settlements
By Ellen Smith In a unanimous decision on Aug. 25, 2016, the Review Commission held that it has the exclusive authority to oversee settlements of contested penalty cases, based on the “very clear” language of Sect. 110(k) of the Mine Act.
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