HOME ABOUT US ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE SITE MAP HELP CONTACT WORK FOR US SURVEYS   Monday 6 September 2010 Make ILN my HomePage    SAFETY AND HEALTH STORIES [ 1610 Results - Showing Results 1 to 30 ] MSHA reminds miners of their rights (Monday, 6 September 2010) FEDERAL regulators have released a pair of bulletins detailing the rights of workers who make complaints about hazardous conditions and the rules that protect them from discrimination. Full Story... Industry must focus on safe practices: MSHA (Friday, 3 September 2010) THE US Mine Safety and Health Administration is urging the industry’s renewed attention to mining deaths and safety in a new alert focusing on the 57 lives lost across the industry to date in 2010. Full Story... Worker dies in truck plunge (Thursday, 2 September 2010) ONE miner was killed Tuesday evening at an Indiana underground complex when the truck he was driving went over a highwall and into the pit. Full Story... CSE to temporarily suspend SCSR production (Wednesday, 1 September 2010) THE US Mine Safety and Health Administration issued an instruction letter to its enforcement personnel this week, outlining the temporary production halt of CSE’s SR-100 self-contained self rescuers due to a deployment issue. Full Story... Peabody Willow Lake penalties cut (Wednesday, 1 September 2010) AN administrative law judge has reduced proposed fines assessed to Peabody Energy’s Willow Lake operation in southern Illinois, and the operator is still deciding if it will further challenge the remaining penalties. Full Story... Heat played role in Alabama death: MSHA (Tuesday, 31 August 2010) THE US Mine Safety and Health Administration has released investigation findings of a fatality at Jim Walter Resources’ No. 7 mine in Alabama last November, citing a handful of contributory factors including the allowance of a non-certified worker in an area without a pre-shift examination. Full Story... Massey responds to UBB handheld detector report (Tuesday, 31 August 2010) UPPER Big Branch mine owner Massey Energy has responded to a report published late last week regarding handheld methane detector units found underground at the West Virginia mine, clarifying details and pointing out that the units in question were actually recovered some time ago. Full Story... Virtual rescue for the real world (Monday, 30 August 2010) THE Hunter Valley Mines Rescue station in Singleton, New South Wales, has a proud history to call upon. It was formed in 1926 after the tragic Bellbird colliery disaster in 1923, in which 21 miners lost their lives. Full Story... UBB handheld monitor recorded elevated gas: Stricklin (Monday, 30 August 2010) FOUR months into a federal investigation of the April 5 explosion at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch operation, officials said one of the handheld monitors located deep within the West Virginia mine recorded elevated methane levels. Full Story... MSHA continues enhanced inspection efforts (Friday, 27 August 2010) THE US Mine Safety and Health Administration has said numerous violations, including inadequate roof support, were discovered during its most recent round of enhanced inspections at US coal operations. Full Story... Measles looms as health crisis in Qld mines (Friday, 27 August 2010) MORE than 150 mine workers at the Moranbah North mine in central Queensland are at risk of contracting measles after they came into contact with a fellow worker at the mine who was carrying the virus after travelling overseas. Full Story... Swift progress continues in UBB investigation: MSHA (Friday, 27 August 2010) THE US Mine Safety and Health Administration has provided an update on its work to investigate Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia where 29 died in an April blast, highlighting efforts with personal interviews, collected evidence and testing. Full Story... Coal mine death was avoidable (Thursday, 26 August 2010) THE death of a coal miner in Tasmania’s northeast almost a decade ago was avoidable, according to the state coroner who re-opened the investigation last year and delivered his report on the incident on Wednesday. Full Story... Taking on tough safety issues (Wednesday, 25 August 2010) Inhalable coal dust control and failures of explosion-protected diesel engine systems are two critical health and safety issues in longwall mines. Australian Longwall Magazine looks at the new approaches ahead in New South Wales. Full Story... Qld safety incidents (Tuesday, 24 August 2010) A LOT can go wrong at mining operations, but few would expect a rear wheel to fly off a light vehicle as it enters the crib room car park of an open cut coal mine. Full Story... New MSHA program to cut citation backlog (Tuesday, 24 August 2010) THE US Mine Safety and Health Administration is launching a test program to address the agency’s contested citations backlog as well as its current conferencing procedures. Full Story... China looks to Coal Services to improve safety (Monday, 23 August 2010) A CHINESE delegation that included 20 coal mine managers toured Coal Services’ Mine Rescue Station at Argenton in New South Wales last week. Full Story... Injuries reported in IN, WV accidents (Monday, 23 August 2010) DETAILS are still emerging on two incidents that occurred late last week at mines in Indiana and West Virginia. Full Story... NIOSH, MvMA ready for diesel and dust workshop (Friday, 20 August 2010) THE National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Nevada Mining Association are finalizing plans for two one-day workshops on diesel and dust exposure next month. Full Story... Some Massey accidents not reported: MSHA (Thursday, 19 August 2010) A PART 50 audit being conducted by the US Mine Safety and Health Administration has unveiled more than 20 accidents at the Upper Big Branch operation in West Virginia over the last two years that went unreported. Full Story... Mine rescue competition season still hot (Thursday, 19 August 2010) WHILE the US summer season is beginning to wind down, the mine rescue competition season is still going strong with a half-dozen events remaining on the schedule through October. Full Story... Simulating helicopter rescues at minesites (Wednesday, 18 August 2010) COAL Services’ virtual reality training facilities might be designed to suit the needs of the coal industry but will also provide specialised training to pilots from Newcastle Rescue Helicopter Services. Full Story... UBB testimony prompts MSHA to issue ventilation guidelines (Tuesday, 17 August 2010) THE US Mine Safety and Health Administration is enforcing ventilation regulations via its inspectors, and has also issued four new program information bulletins regarding underground coal ventilation issues to help ensure compliance by the nation’s operations. Full Story... Tire fires, explosions prompt MSHA alert (Monday, 16 August 2010) THE US Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a safety alert for the US mining industry after two recent fires involving front-end loaders equipped with off-road tires. Full Story... Silcar fined over fitter death (Monday, 16 August 2010) MAINTENANCE contractor Silcar has been fined $475,000 after a court found a lack of risk assessment procedures led to the death of a fitter who was crushed by a falling steel beam at the Yallourn brown coal mine in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley back in 2006. Full Story... MSHA takes Massey miner firing complaint to FMSHRC (Thursday, 12 August 2010) THE US Mine Safety and Health Administration filed a complaint Wednesday with the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission after the agency said a Massey Energy worker was discharged from his position in retaliation for voicing safety concerns. Full Story... Massey’s UBB: crack or no crack? (Thursday, 12 August 2010) UPPER Big Branch mine owner Massey Energy and the US Mine Safety and Health Administration are at odds over the existence – or absence – of a crack on the floor of the West Virginia mine where 29 workers died in an April explosion. Full Story... Roof bolter operator fatality prompts call for closer roof scrutiny (Wednesday, 11 August 2010) A ROOF bolter operator on a continuous miner has died after he was struck by a portion of rib while cutting an overcast in an underground coal mine in the US, according to the US Mine Safety and Health Administration. Full Story... Colombian coal silo incident kills four (Monday, 9 August 2010) FOUR contract workers died and another 12 were injured on Wednesday evening at Cerrejon Coal’s operation in northern Colombia. Full Story... MSHA issues fire hazard alert for BASF foam (Friday, 6 August 2010) THE US Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued an alert regarding a potential fire hazard for BASF Meyco MP 367 polyurea foam after an underground fire occurred during testing. Full Story... 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