Tag: metal/nonmetal mining

Loader technology, MSHA enforcement focus of upcoming webinars

June 23, 2014 By Kevin Yanik

Two educational opportunities in NSSGA’s AGG1 Online webinar series are available later this summer. Luck Stone Corp.’s 988 […]

March 11, 2014 By Kevin Yanik

Joe Main, assistant secretary of labor for MSHA, updated NSSGA‘s board of directors on recent actions the agency […]

February 6, 2014 By Kevin Yanik

MSHA launched a metal/nonmetal mining initiative and a corresponding “Ladder Safety Guide” to improve ladder safety standards. According […]

January 6, 2014 By Kevin Yanik

Forty-two miners died in work-related accidents at U.S. mines in 2013, according to preliminary data from MSHA. The […]

December 20, 2013 By Kevin Yanik

MSHA conducted impact inspections at three metal/nonmetal mines and six coal mines in October, issuing 120 citations and […]

November 8, 2013 By Kevin Yanik

Four miners died in metal/nonmetal mining accidents in the third quarter this year, according to an MSHA report. […]

January 2, 2013 By Kevin Yanik

MSHA issued 123 citations and four orders to metal/nonmetal mines during impact inspections for the month of November. […]

October 5, 2012 By Kevin Yanik

MSHA introduced a new guide that will serve as a compliance assistance resource to address improperly guarded machinery. […]