May’s Safety Law Newsletter discusses OSHA’s New Silica Rule, MSHA’s outreach focused on miners working alone, NLRB, President Trump’s 10 judicial nominees for federal courts, OSHA, litigation, 2 for 1 order and upcoming talks from Adele Abrams, Diana Schroeher, and Tina Stanczewski, and Michael Peelish. Click here to read the newsletter.
What is groupthink? Groupthink is a way of thinking where members of cohesive groups accept a viewpoint of conclusion that represents a perceived group consensus, whether it is believed to be valid or correct. It can appear efficient because other ideas and opinions are shut down. To learn more about groupthink click here.
Up until recently, there has been a requirement to guard hazards within a certain height from walking or working surfaces. In the United States the height is 7 feet while in Canada it was 8 feet. In October 2016, the Canadian Regulation CSA Z432-16 was rolled out with many new updates, including an update to…
HAVANA, Fla. – The Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA) presented the Florida Mine Safety Program (FMSP) with the 2017 Communicator Award for its safety video and training tool, “Confined Spaces in Mining—Authorized Attendants and Practiced Rescue Plans,” on May 9, 2017, as part of its 23rd Annual Communicator Awards. Each year, this award…
Florida Mine Safety Program is honored to have been awarded 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. To watch…
This year, MSHA awarded $250K in Brookword-Sago grants! Each of the five recipients are being given $50K to use towards training programs and materials in order to identify, avoid and prevent unsafe mine working conditions! The recipients of these grants are the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Illinois Eastern Community College, Oconee Fall Line Technical…
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,…
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 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,…
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