FMSP Wins 2017 Communicator Award

Florida Mine Safety Program has won the 2017 Communicator Award, given by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts! We’ve won with our video entry, “Confined Spaces in Mining—Authorized Attendants and Practical Rescue Plans,” which was produced by Thunder Bay Productions of Atlanta and Lava Post Production of Atlanta. Check out our award-winning video here,…

Safety is a Team Sport. The Power of a Team.

This month, Safety Products, Inc.’s Safety Matters newsletter focuses on team effort. The topic is “Safety is a Team Sport. The Power of a Team.” In this edition, Carl Potter (CSP, CMC) discusses types of teams, safety in teams, leadership of teams and all other things teams! He also asks, “Is the team of people…

MSHA’s Most-Cited Standards and How to Avoid Them

MSHA held an important webinar on Wednesday, May 17—Nick Scala (Co-Chair of MSHA’s Safety Practice Group) led the webinar on the topic of MSHA’s Most-Cited Standards and How to Avoid Them! Participants learned about MSHA’s most-cited standards for various industry sectors, as well as mining subgroup-specific enforcement tendencies. To learn more about the webinar series,…

April 2017

In this edition of the Florida Mine Safety Program e-newsletter, you’ll find information about Workers Memorial Day/Day of Mourning for Miners, upcoming mine rescue contests, new training courses, a recap of BASF Global Safety Day, Sam’s Corner, Advisory Board Spotlight, the safety law newsletter and the Simformotion Scholarship opportunity. Read Full E-Newsletter