The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Aug. 21, a truck driver at Martin Marietta Materials’ Moore Quarry, Pocahontas, Iowa, sustained fatal head injuries while he was deploying the automatic tarp on his fifth-wheel side-dump trailer.
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MSHA Targets Electric Motor-Driven Mine Equipment and Accessories
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced a proposed rule incorporating national and international voluntary consensus standards related to electric motor-driven mine equipment and accessories.
Read MoreMSHA Confirms 20th Fatality of 2020
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Oct. 14 a lead person was killed when his pickup truck was struck by a haul truck at Vulcan Materials’ Columbia Quarry, Richland, S.C.
Read MoreMSHA Issues Confined Space Safety Alert
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued a safety alert for confined spaces. Between 2017 and 2020, three miners were fatally injured after entering confined spaces to clear material and obstructions. These confined spaces included a sand and gravel bin, a sand-filled hopper, and a cone crusher. All three miners were engulfed by falling material.
Read MoreMSHA Confirms Three New Fatalities
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Sept. 1, a miner at Arepet Industries, Bexar, Texas, died when he fell while attempting to close a hatch on the top of a bulk material trailer. The miner was wearing a fall protection harness but his lanyard was not attached to a secure anchorage.
Read MoreMSHA Reports 14th Fatality
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Aug. 26, two miners at Chilton Inc., Cowlitz, Wash., were preparing a mobile track-mounted jaw crusher for shipping off-site. The crusher was missing the upper wrist pin from the hydraulic cylinder that raises and lowers the right hopper extension. The right hopper extension was secured in place by wedges. The victim was…
Read MoreMSHA Reports 15th Fatality
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Sept. 1, a miner died at Arepet Industries, Bexar, Texas, when he fell while attempting to close a hatch on the top of a bulk material trailer. The miner was wearing a fall protection harness but his lanyard was not attached to a secure anchorage.
Read MoreIMA-NA Honors Operations With Mine Safety Awards
The Industrial Minerals Association – North America (IMA-NA) announced the companies and mining operations that will receive its safety recognition awards. IMA-NA Chairman Doug Smith and IMA-NA President Mark Ellis presented the awards at the IMA-NA’s virtual Annual Meeting.
Read MoreMSHA Reports 13th Fatality of 2020
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Aug. 18, a miner was killed at H.J. Hove, Riverside, Calif., while attempting to clear a material blockage. The miner entered the cone crusher to begin work when the material shifted and engulfed him. He was extracted from the crusher and taken to a hospital, where he died the next day.
Read MoreMSHA Issues Safety Warning on Belt Conveyors
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that there have been eight fatalities involving belt conveyors in the mining industry since Jan. 26, 2017. Six involved miners working near moving conveyors, while two involved maintenance of an idle conveyor.
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