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Hello and Welcome to Small Mine Safety.
I have been reviewed by MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration) to do surface training at any M/NM (Metal/Non-Metal) mine in the country. Yes folks, I am a blue card carrying trainer since '01. Thanks Elsa! As time permits I am going to be putting useful information on this site to help other small mine operators. I have been in the light mining industry for almost ten years now. When we lost the 12 miners in West Virgina at Sago it really touched me deeply. I wanted to do something to help but obviously couldn't go do anything about it. I decided to start an awareness website. The most recent tragedy of eight miners and one inspector lost in Utah at the Crandall Canyon Mine disaster has once again sparked this desire to help. As a member of the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association I get bulletins and ideas that some of you don't get so I will be relaying some information from there, some information, especially fatal-grams, from the MSHA website and other great sources and advise on how to keep your miners alive in a small mine environment.
30 CFR Part 48 or Part 46 is written in a complicated format but if you use your head and listen to your trainer or safety director you will be just fine. Keep your facility safe by doing a work place exmination on every shift. Keep in mind it has to be done by a competent person. You can't have your newest employee doing this unless he is trained and experienced.
Make sure your facility is clean. MSHA inspectors frown heavily on a poorly kept facility. The same as the DOT will stop a crappy truck but let a clean truck go on through the scales. A clean truck shows a sign of pride and more than likely that operator performs maintenance above and beyond. Same with your facility. If you show some pride and keep it clean the inspector MAY not look as closely for violations and even if he did wouldn't find as many because you and your crew should find problems as you are cleaning. When you find a safety problem fix it right away.
I will be adding alot more information here in the coming days and weeks. Please drop by often
Together we can achieve Zero Safety Accidents.
Thanks for stopping by and have a day filled with safety!
We have provided some of the best mining news feeds from around the net for your reference below. Please read a few stories to keep your current knowledge of mining events current. Tip: a good safety director will read the notices that MSHA publishes using multiple forms of media. They will send safety notices from time to time and the MSHA website is also a very valuable resource and full of valuable safety information. It is a good idea to share those changes and additions with your miners or miner's representative(s) if applicable. MSHA inspectors are talking to the miners at random more and more. Make sure your miners are informed.
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