Mine visitor site-specific training. Mining-Site Specific Training. Keeping visitors safe on your surface metal/nonmetal mine site. Mine operators typically have nonminers on the mine site, like truck drivers, who haul/transport the mined products off-site for end users. Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA) has a rule concerning the safety training for such mine site visitors. This [...]
Workplace Incident Reports, or Learning from Mistakes. If you are a safety manager for a company you no doubt handle incident investigations as part of your job. The general purpose behind post incident investigations and reports is to provide insight into the cause (root case, etc.) of an incident so that repeat incidents is reduced [...]
Assign Task, Complete Task, Inspect Completed Task. Any time a task is required, say a repair or part replacement, that task was initiated for a reason. If a piece of equipment requires repair, that task is assigned to the appropriate person. The next step is task completion. The final step is to take a few [...]
Learn how to not burn. This safety task is fairly simple. According to OSHA identify potential sources of flammable gases and then identify potential ignition sources. You identify potential sources of flammable gases by knowing what flammable gases which could potentially be on site. Do this by examining your job site and identify activities involving [...]
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) provides support for mine safety in ways other than mere inspections and citations. MSHA also provides a great resource for making known safety hazards which exist at many mines. Topics of these Safety Alerts include vehicle rollovers, roof and rib safety guidance, and pillar collapses, among many others. Go [...]
What is stop work authority? Will this stop my production? Does this mean my project schedules are delayed hours? Days? Nope. In fact, stop work authority can save you, the employer, potentially 10’s or 100’s of hours of time and man hours spent handling the aftermath of a seriously injured employee. Think OSHA investigations and [...]
Drugs/Alcohol in the work place. Drugs in our society, be it licit or illicit, are not uncommon. Operating equipment of any kind or the work place is not suitable for drug use (including some prescription drugs). The reason being is that many drugs can effect or impair mental and physical function. On the job, one [...]
MSHA Equipment Hazard alerts: As you know various manufacturers from time to time issue product recalls or some other quality problem notice. I was intrigued to learn that the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) does the same think. MSHA has two types of alerts; one a safety alert the other is an Equipment Hazard [...]
Learn how to not burn. This safety task is fairly simple. According to OSHA identify potential sources of flammable gases and then identify potential ignition sources. You identify potential sources of flammable gases by knowing what flammable gases which could potentially be on site. Do this by examining your job site and identifying activities involving [...]
Learn how to not burn. This safety task is fairly simple. According to OSHA identify potential sources of flammable gases and then identify potential ignition sources. You identify potential sources of flammable gases by knowing what flammable gases which could potentially be on site. Do this by examining your job site and identify activities involving [...]