The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has issued a new Serious Accident Alert. A miner was operating a portable crusher when a large rock fell striking him on the left side of his head. The miner was wearing a hard hat at the time. The miner was taken to the hospital and released later that day.
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MSHA Reports Third Industry Fatality of the Year
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is reporting the third metal/nonmetal mining fatality of the year.
Read MoreMSHA Issues Alert for Prevention of Falls
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued a “Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety Alert Preventing Fall of Person Accidents.” In the past decade, 29 miners have died at metal and nonmetal (MNM) mines when they fell from the area where they worked, such as heavy equipment, ladders and conveyor walkways.
Read MoreMSHA’s New Plan for Escapeways & Refuge Chambers
By Brian Hendrix MSHA seems intent on changing the rules for emergency escapeways and the use of refuge chambers in metal and non-metal mines. You may be asking, how do I know this? MSHA hasn’t issued any guidance, posted anything to its website, issued any press releases, or used its new Twitter account to tweet out a notice.
Read MoreFIRST LOOK – APRIL 2017
Oldcastle Buys Mulzer Mulzer Crushed Stone has been purchased by Oldcastle Materials. Oldcastle also concluded several smaller stone, aggregate and asphalt transactions in Connecticut, Minnesota, Washington and Montreal that complement the company’s South, North, Central and West Divisions, along with CRH Canada. Rock Products Seminar a Success At the recent ConExpo-Con/Agg show in Las Vegas, Rock Products sponsored a very successful…
Read MoreSettlement 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 MoreLabor Department Proposes Delay for MSHA Examinations Rule
The U.S. Department of Labor proposed a delay in the effective date of the final rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines from May 23, 2017, to July 24, 2017.
Read MoreFOCUS ON HEALTH & SAFETY – MARCH 2017
MSHA 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. The Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006…
Read MoreLimiting MSHA’s Jurisdiction: Is It Connected to a Working Mine?
he Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Overruled MSHA and the Commission. Find Out Why. By Brian Hendrix
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