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A
Accident Prevention Program
Alerts
     Equipment Hazard Alerts
     Health Hazard Alerts
     Safety Hazard Alerts
     Safety Flyers
Approved Products
Asbestos

B
Batteries
     Battery Safety
     Battery Station Ventilation
Berms (see Haulage)
Black Lung
     Control the Dust...
Blind Spots (see Haulage)

C
Chutes and Bins
     Access without spillage
     Stopping flow to prevent spillage
Communications
     Driller/Blaster Communication
     Hazardous Communication (see Hazcom)
     Positive Communication
Continuous Mining Equipment
     Cutter-Head Bit Replacements
     Continuous Miner Operators and Helpers
Conveyors
     Conveyor Belt Slippage Prevention
     Conveyor Belt Installations
     Conveyor Safety Tips (Small Mines)
     Conveyor Safety Tips
     Conveyor Best Practices Cards
     Equipment Guarding
     Pressurized Fittings on Conveyors
     Lockout and Tag

D
Diesel Equipment
     Approved Diesel Equipment
     Approved Diesel-powered Equipment
     Approved Engines for Non Permissible Equipment
     Approved Diesel Engines for Approved Equipment
     Checklists for Approved Equipment
          » Generic checklists
          » Company-sponsored checklists
     Diesel Fuel: Sulphur Content
     Diesel Fuel: Additives
     Diesel Regs
          » Information Regarding Diesel Regs
     Electrical Systems for Diesel Equipment
     Emissions Testing
          » Explosion-proof sampling ports
     Fire Suppression for Diesel Equipment
     Health and Safety Homepage
     Permissible Diesel Equipment
     Power Packages for Diesel
     Ventilation Plans for Permissible Diesel Equipment
Diesel Particulate
     Reducing Diesel Exhaust Toolbox
Dump Point (see Haulage)
Dust
     Tips for Dusty Jobs
     Dust Technical Papers
     Coal Dust
          » Longwall Respirable Dust
          » Reducing Coal Dust in Longwall Mining (PDF)
     Mineral Dust
     Quartz/Silica Dust
          » Silicosis Prevention
          » Silicosis Video

E
Electric
     Circuit Breakers
          » Instantaneous Circuit Breakers (Direct) (PDF)
          » Instantaneous Circuit Breakers (3 Phase) (PDF)
     Mine Elevator Control Systems
     Grounding Systems
          » Electrical Safety "Pathway to Safety" Video
          » Overhead Powerline Safety
Electrical Systems and Equipment
     Electrical Safety Video ¹
     Electrical Systems Lock-Out/Tag-Out
     Electrical Technical Papers
     Fire Suppression for Electrical Equipment
     Overhead Power line Video
Equipment Guarding
     Guide to, (OT 3)
Explosives/Blasting
     Blasting Technical Papers
     Detonator Technical Reports
     Borehole Probes
     Face Profiling
     Fires and Explosions

F
Fall Prevention
     Fall Prevention During Shaft Inspections
     Fall Prevention on High Walls
     Working Near the Edge Video
Fire Suppression Systems
     Fire Protection Best Practices Cards
     Fire Suppression for Electrical Equipment
     Fires and Explosions

G
Gas Heaters
Guarding, Equipment
Guide to, (OT 3)

H
Hand Tools
     Bars
     Hammers
     Ratchets/"Come-Alongs"
Haulage/Mobile
     Berms
          » Berm Training Slides
          » Good Berms Save Lives Video
     Dump Points
          » Dump Point Hazards
          » Dump Point Safety
          » Dump Point Safety Procedures
          » Dumping Slides
     Operation/Driving
               » Blind Spots Can Kill Video
          » Equipment Operators
          » Forklift Safety on Rough Terrain
          » Haulage Equipment Operators
          » Haulage Road Conditions
          » Haulage Safety Attitude
          » Haulage Training Slides
          » Haulroad Safety
          » Haultruck Hazards
          » Parking Mobile Equipment Safely
          » Railroad Crossings
          » Road Signs
               » Haulroad Signs Training Slides
          » Support Vehicle Flags
          » Switchman safety
          » Tractor Safety
          » Truck Driver Safe Operating Procedures
          » Truck Driver Vehicle Capabilities
     Maintenance and Inspections
          » Brakes
               » Test Your Brakes After Repair
          » Bulk Truck Maintenance (Stone)
          » Cab Inspection
          » Haulage Inspections Pre and Post Use
          » Haulage Safety Checklist
          » Haulroad Design Slides
          » Haultruck Pre-operational hazards
          » Lubrication System Safety
          » Steering
          » Take the Keys, Save Your Life
          » Tarping Loads
          » Tires
               » Multi-piece Rim Wheels
               » Rim Wheel Assembly Hazards
               » Rim Wheel Safety Hazards
               » Tire and Rim Safety Awareness Program
          » Truck Preparation Inspection (< 100 tons)
Hazcom
          »Hazcom Writer
Health
     End Black Lung Now and Forever
Hoists and Elevators
     Mine Elevator Control Systems
     Hoist and Elevator Safety Technical Papers

I
Illness and Injury Prevention Program
Inundations
Impoundments

L
Ladder Landing Area
Lifting/Back problems
     Conditioning
     Proper Lifting
Lightning Hazards
Longwall
      Longwall Hydraulic Best Practices

M
Methane Gas
     Methane Drainage Systems Hazards
     Methane Testing
          » Methane Testing Regs
Mercury and Heavy Metals
     Monitoring Arsenic Cadmium, Lead and Mercury
     Reducing Mercury Hazards in Gold Mines
Miner's Tips

N
Noise
Hearing Protection
Noise Technical Reports

P
Pedestrian Safety
Personal Protective Equipment
     Eye Protection Equipment
     Personal Protective Equipment—Fatals
Platforms
     Work Platform safety
Proximity Detection
Pumps
     Pump Monitoring

R
Radon Gas
Remote Control Continuous Mining Machines
Responding to a Mine Emergency (IG-110)
Rock Dusting
Roof/Rib/Ground Control
     Ground Control Technical Papers
     Ground Control for Gold Mines (PDF)
     Roof Beam Supports
     Roof Boltings Best Practices
     Roof Bolter, Operators and Helpers
     Roof and Rib Safety in Coal Mines
     Roof Support Systems Trouble Shooting Guide
     Roof/Rib Best Practices
     Roof/Rib Outreach Program

S
Safety Director's Helper
Sentinels of Safety
Short-term exposure limits (Pennsylvania Rules)
Silicosis Prevention
     A Practical Guide to an Occupational Health Program
      for Respirable Crystalline Silica (IG 103)
     Guide to Working Safely with Silica (PDF)
     Hot Links to Silicosis Prevention
      OSHA's Silica Advisor (OSHA Link)
     Silicosis Video
     Tips For Preventing Silicosis (PDF)
     "What Does Silicosis Mean To You" Video¹
Smoking
Surge Piles
     Surge Pile Safety Video
     Surge Pile Safety (PDF)

T
Training
Task Training (Miner's Tip)
Tool Boxes
Truck Driver (see Haulage)

V
Ventilation Control
     Avoiding unplanned air changes
     Battery Station Ventilation
     Ventilation Plans for Permissible Diesel Equipment
     Ventilation System Technical Papers

W
Walkways/Workspaces
     Blind Spots Video
     Blind Spots Can Kill Video
Waste
     Waste Dam Technical Papers
Water Safety
     Life Jackets
     Safety on or near the water Video
     Workboat Safety
Water Spray System
Welding
     Mowboard/Moldboard repairs
     Oxygen/Acetylene Safety
     Welding Fumes Sampling
     Welding Hazards
Work
     Good Work Procedures
     Work Experience Around Machinery
     Worker Rights
          » Health Hazard Evaluations (CDC Link)
     Work Schedules


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