Congratulations to the 2025 Competition Winners

Team Competition Winners: Congratulations to the Florida Mine Safety Program’s Team Competition Winners of the 6th Annual Surface Mining Emergency Response Training and Competition, Regional and Florida State Champions, which were presented during the Awards Ceremony on Thursday, February 27th at Shiloh Farms in Tallahassee, Florida. Team Trainer Award: Chad Connor – L’Hoist – Montevallo…

2025 Fatalities – Focus – Safety Alert

Ten miner fatalities occurred between January 3 and March 5, 2025 – more than triple the number for the same period in 2024. Accidents classified as Powered Haulage remain the most common with four fatalities, followed by Machinery (two fatalities), and Fall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall (two fatalities). Four fatalities involved failures of…