The Essential Minerals Association (EMA) and the Department of Labor\u2019s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) renewed a 20-year alliance focused on fostering a culture of safety and prevention throughout the minerals industry. The agreement was signed at EMA\u2019s Fall Conference & Fly-In, held in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEMA and MSHA have enjoyed a close relationship for 20 years through the MSHA Alliance, and I\u2019m proud of our collective efforts to promote safety and health initiatives that are the number one priority for EMA\u2019s members,\u201d said Chris Greissing, EMA president. \u201cThe industry\u2019s work begins and ends with safety, making sure our people get home safely each and every single day. Together with MSHA, we\u2019re working to provide the industry with the information and tools they need to make that happen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n EMA and MSHA formed the partnership in 2003 to use their collective expertise to help foster safer and more healthful working conditions in U.S. mining and processing operations. The alliance will provide the metal and non-metal mining personnel with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help protect the health and safety of those working in mines and processing facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n EMA and MSHA will work together to implement education and outreach efforts to raise awareness of safety and health best practices, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n As part of EMA\u2019s partnership with MSHA, the two organizations presented the annual Safety Achievement Awards at EMA\u2019s fall conference in Washington, D.C. The awards recognize the best reportable injury rate for an individual EMA member company\u2019s entire operation in North America and for an individual EMA member company site location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Essential Minerals Association (EMA) and the Department of Labor\u2019s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) renewed a 20-year alliance focused on fostering a culture of safety and prevention throughout the minerals industry. The agreement was signed at EMA\u2019s Fall Conference & Fly-In, held in Washington, D.C. \u201cEMA and MSHA have enjoyed a close relationship for 20 years through the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[495],"tags":[2457,2459,2458,158],"coauthors":[1644],"class_list":["post-6076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-essential-minerals-association","tag-green-energy-mines","tag-lime-plant","tag-msha"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n