MSHA will host the 2025 Ground Control in Mining Industry Seminar at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy. Presentations and workshops, including those submitted for the 44th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, will highlight improvements in ground control technology to increase the safety and productivity of new and existing underground mines. The…
POSTPONED: The Mine Safety and Health Administration stakeholder meeting scheduled for tomorrow, June 18, has been postponed. A new date will be determined and shared with you as soon as it becomes available.
On May 22, 2025, a bulldozer fell into a void above a feeder. The loose material from the coal pile collapsed around the bulldozer, engulfing the bulldozer and trapping the miner inside the cab. The bulldozer was equipped with a “submarine kit”, consisting of high-strength glass, self contained self rescuers, and two-way communication. From January…
Please join the Mine Safety and Health Administration for a Quarterly Stakeholder Meeting, taking place Wednesday, June 18, 2025. This meeting will be streamed online using Microsoft Teams beginning at 2pm Eastern time. Please RSVP for the meeting here by June 17, 2025. If you have questions that you would like addressed, please submit them in Question 3 in the…
Since 2024, 33 mines have been granted the use of a Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) through the Petition for Modification process. Electromagnetic interference can cause failure of a miner-worn Proximity Detection System (PDS) if it is not worn as recommended, such as being worn too close to the battery or motor/blower of a PAPR.…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has launched the new MSHA Information Hub to help miners, operators, contractors, and other stakeholders quickly find answers to their most frequently asked questions. The MSHA Information Hub makes it easier than ever to access important safety and health information and serves as a…
The Collaborative Worksite Training™ Construction Package is the next step for your HEO program. Multiple students can virtually operate a variety of machines at the same time in the same environment. This unique learning opportunity will help them understand how their movements affect other operators and the overall worksite production level. Individual reporting allows instructors…
Registration is now open for the 19th Annual Southeast Mine Safety and Health Conference! The Southeast Mine Safety and Health Conference Committee wants to invite you to attend this year’s conference. Register now and mark your calendar for October 29 to October 31, 2025 (we will be done by noon and you can be home…
The average mining operator now spends over $20,000 per year on citations and penalties. In this must-attend cost-savings workshop, learn how to reduce or eliminate fines—with the added benefit of improved safety conditions. In an era of increasing citations, this workshop will prepare you to handle Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) inspectors and challenge…
Conn Maciel Carey’s Midwest Workplace Safety (OSHA / MSHA) and Labor and Employment Law Summit in Detroit, MI is an in-person program hosted by the attorneys in CMC’s national OSHA / MSHA Workplace Safety and Labor • Employment Practice Groups based out of our Midwest Region offices (Chicago, Detroit, and Columbus), and joined by their colleagues from Washington, DC and California. This program…