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Articles Discussing Health And Safety In Mining.

Mine Safety Agency to Award Up to $1 Million in Grants for Education, Training

March 15, 2017 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

The Mine Safety and Health Administration will award up to $1 million in new grants for education and training programs to help identify, avoid, and prevent unsafe working conditions at mines in the United States as part of a plan in place since 2006.

Mine Safety Agency Issues Alert after Mining Deaths

February 23, 2017 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

The Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a “fatal accidents alert” after two separate mining accidents claimed the lives of two miners within a 24-hour period. The alert lists best practices to avoid accidents.

Mine Safety Agency Announces Final Rule for Examination of Working Places in Metal, Nonmetal Mines

February 8, 2017 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

Examinations of working places should be conducted before miners begin work in those places and miners should be notified of hazardous conditions found during examinations, the Mine Safety and Health Administration has announced in a final rule amending existing standards to improve the quality of working place examinations in metal and nonmetal mines. The final rule takes effect on May 23, 2017.

Mine Safety Agency Issues Alert on a Brake Release System

February 1, 2017 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

The Mine Health and Safety Administration has issued a “safety hazard alert” on the dangers involved when the parking brake of a high-volume, brake-release pump, the A.L. Lee Corporation Man Trip Model RRB-15V, was unintentionally released and went “into a runaway condition.”

Mine Safety Agency Issues Safety Alert on Machinery

January 25, 2017 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

Noting that 51 coal miners have been fatally injured in accidents involving machinery and powered haulage equipment over the past six-and-a-half years, the Mine Safety and Health Administration has released “Take Pride in Your Ride,” a safety alert focused on machinery.

Mine Safety Agency Issues Hand-Injury Advisory

December 7, 2016 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

The Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued an advisory warning to mine operators and employees about the dangers of hand injuries.

Record Low Number of Mining Deaths in Fiscal Year 2016, Mine Safety Agency Reports

November 30, 2016 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

Fiscal year 2016 saw a record low number of mining deaths, the Mine Safety and Health Administration has reported. The agency also continues to encourage the mining community “to reach zero mining deaths.”

Mine Safety Agency Issues Electrical Safety Alert

November 17, 2016 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

The Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued an electrical safety alert after several miners were injured in underground coalmine accidents.

Mine Safety Agency Issues Hazard Safety Alert from for Truck Vacuum Operations

November 10, 2016 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

Static electricity during vacuum operations can result in accidents such as shock hazards, explosions, and secondary injuries from falls due to shock, the Mine Safety and Health Administration has warned in a safety alert for vacuum trucks.

Mine Safety Regulators Issue Seat Belt Alert

October 20, 2016 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

The Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a safety alert urging miners to buckle their seat belts while operating mobile equipment.

Mine Safety Agency Warns of Equipment and Machinery Dangers

October 4, 2016 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

In the wake of three deaths over the past year involving mine equipment and machinery, the Mine Health and Safety Administration has issued a safety alert to prevent mining accidents: “Blocking Against Motion.”

Mine Safety Agency Issues Alert for Water-Related Fatalities

September 23, 2016 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

Working around, over, or near water is a safety hazard that may result in entrapment and drowning, the Mining Safety and Health Administration has warned in a hazard alert.

41% Increase in Citations to Mine Operators

September 15, 2016 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

Special impact inspections in July that covered 13 states resulted in 161 citations, the Mine Safety and Health Administration has announced. This is a 41-percent increase from the 114 citations issued the previous month.

Mine Safety Agency Extends Comment Period on Controlling, Monitoring Diesel Exhaust Request for Information

September 8, 2016 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

The public will have until November 30, 2016, to submit comments on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s Request for Information on the agency’s strategies for controlling and monitoring exposure of underground miners to diesel exhaust.

Respirable Coal Dust Samples Prove New Dust Rule Is Achievable, Mine Safety Agency Announces

August 22, 2016 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Mining

Jackson Lewis

The Mine Safety and Health Administration has announced that 99 percent of the coal mine dust samples collected from April 1, 2016, through June 30, 2016, were in compliance with its coal mine dust standards requiring lower levels of dust. It said that this proves the “significantly positive impact” of its coal dust sampling rule, published in 2014.

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