mine safety

Filed in Safety and Health, Mining • By: Sam Creasy •
An MSHA inspector uses a tablet while standing on a pile of rocks at an outdoor mining site.
Impact inspections are an effective enforcement tool focused on mines that repeatedly violate safety and health standards.
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Filed in Safety and Health, Mining • By: Marcus Smith •
An entrance to an abandoned mine in the side of a rock formation. The tunnel leads to an underground coal mine.
Whether you are driving off-road vehicles, hiking, or walking in national forests or parks—it is never safe to explore an abandoned mine.
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Filed in Safety and Health, Español, Mining • By: Marcus Smith •
Two large dump trucks are parked in a wooded area with overhead power lines visible above them.
Following the deaths of three miners, we’re urging all mine workers to follow electrical safety best practices.
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Official portrait of Melanie Calhoun with an American flag in the background.
Ahead of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we sat down with MSHA Director of Technical Support Melanie Calhoun to learn more about her career path and advice
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Filed in Mining, Safety and Health • By: Holly Armstrong •
Entrance to the Aracoma Mine
Drawing on lessons from the Sago and Aracoma mine disasters, the MINER Act helped improve emergency response at mines across the country.
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Nicholas Gutierrez at work wearing a hardhat and reflective safety vest
As a third-generation miner, Nicholas Gutierrez understands the unique challenges — and rewards — associated with working in the mining industry.
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Filed in Mining, Safety and Health • By: Angela Blair •
2022 TRAM attendees participate in a workshop on the gamification of safety and health training. The trainers sit around tables in a classroom, writing in notepads.
Safety experts from mines across the country are gathering at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy to improve their skills and infuse their training programs with new ideas and
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Filed in Safety and Health, Mining • By: Stephen Gigliotti •
Stay Out, Stay Alive. MSHA.
Each year, dozens of people are injured or killed while exploring, swimming or playing at a mine property. Active and abandoned mine sites all pose serious risks to people untrained
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Filed in Safety and Health, Mining • By: Stephen Gigliotti •
A miner stands on equipment at a surface mine.
All workers – and supervisors in particular – need to recognize the conditions of a “hot” job and should be provided heat-stress training on worker risk, prevention, symptoms, monitoring, treatment
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