On October 5, 2016, MSHA held an important mining industry stakeholder meeting, with a call to action to prevent mining deaths. While there have been great strides to improve mining safety, leading to 2015 as the safest year in mining history in terms of the fewest number of mining deaths and lowest fatal and injury…
OSHA Tries Fourth Amendment “Work-around” By: Gary Visscher, Esq. What constitutes a reasonable scope for an inspection after the employer reports an injury or an employee complaint is received, is before a federal district court in Georgia. The case involves poultry processor MarJac Poultry, Inc. Mar-Jac Poultry complied with OSHA’s 2014 injury reporting rule by…
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has posted a Seasonal Safety Alert on its website. Historically, October has been the mining industry’s deadliest month, especially in the metal and nonmetal (MNM) sector. Last year – in 2015 – a concerted effort by industry and MSHA to make October safe instead of deadly resulted in…
ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today it has awarded $1 million to six organizations to develop training programs and materials that support mine rescue and mine emergency preparedness for underground mines. A provision in the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 established the…
ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration will hold its annual Training Resources Applied to Mining conference Oct. 11-13, 2016, at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in Beaver, West Virginia. The tuition-free seminar provides opportunities for health and safety professionals to improve their cache of training materials.…
Twenty of the miners who died in mobile equipment accidents at metal and nonmetal mines since 2005 would have survived the accident had they been using their seat belt. The ages of the victims ranged from 21 to 65 years, with job experience varying from as little as four, eight and twelve days up to…
EI DuPont De Nemours & Co Inc – The Chemours Company TT LLC On April 11, 2016, a 61-year old dozer operator with 18 years of mining experience was fatally injured at a surface titanium ore mine. He had been leveling the haul roads into the pit with the dozer and was found lying approximately…
Charity Dinner Auction, Door Prize & Conference Bag Items Needed? Great Way To Market Your Company/Show Your Support! Ideas for conference bag items: branded pens/pencils, stress “squeezers”, mini flashlights, key chains, cups, many other options. Contact us if you have items you would like to donate for the conference bag. We will need them…
Please join us Monday, September 26, 2016 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST for a Mine Safety and Health Administration stakeholder meeting. At this meeting we will brief you on the strategies, tools and materials available for stakeholders to help promote and support the upcoming October 30, 2016 Mine Rescue Day and December 6,…
The Southeast Safety & Health Conference is taking place on November 2nd, 3rd and 4th 2016. Find information on submission deadlines, early bird pricing deadlines, 2016 conference agenda, registration and much more by clicking on the link below. 2016 Southeast Safety & Health Conference