The Mine Safety and Health Administration recently released a fatality alert to all mines across the U.S. following a January 6 incident that killed a contract worker in California. In that incident, which occurred at the Lebec cement plant, a contractor was fatally struck by the motor and gearbox assembly while removing a baghouse slide gate. The facility is owned…
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Proven to Protect
The benefits of utilizing safety cages, protecting workers against falling debris. By Heather Harding Worksite safety plays a big role in mines as well as refractories, construction sites and a number of other operations. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, up to 50,000 workers were injured in 2020 when struck by falling debris. Additionally, between 2016 and 2020,…
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Louisville Public Media reported in August details of the first Mine Safety and Health Administration hearing to gather comments on the recently proposed silica standards. The regulation would affect every mine, cement plant, and rock quarry in the country regardless of the material produced there. It would add protections for non-coal workers like requiring companies to offer free medical exams…
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