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	MSHA's Accident Prevention Program Safety Ideas and Tips By Mine Type

Underground Nonmetal

Safety Ideas

Miner's Tips

	Auxiliary Power Source Interlocks
	Avoid Fall- Suspension Trauma
	Avoiding Uplanned Air Changes
	Bad Battery Box Insulation
	Battery Station Ventilation
	Blocking Against Motion
	Chutes and Bins: Access Without Spillage
	Chutes and Bins: Stop the Flow to Prevent Spillage
	Compatible Threads on Fire Hoses and Standpipes
	Conveyor Belt Installations
	Conveyor Belts Move Faster Than You Can
	Conveyor Belt Skirt Boards
	Conveyor Cleanup
	Conveyor Safety Features Should Not Be Options
	Cutterhead Bit Replacement
	Dangers of a Failed Hydraulic Hose
	Derails at Airlocks
	Designate Your Miner
	Dump Point Warning Light
	Effective Annual Refresher Training
	Electrical Arc Flash Hazards
	Electrically Insulated Matting
	Fall Protection During Shaft Inspections
	Falling Through the Roof
	Fire Suppression Systems
	Getting On and Off Equipment Safely
	Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCI)
	Hazards Created by Heating Closed Chambers
	Hydraulic Hose Life
	Hydraulic Hose Maintenance
	Ignition of Gas While Drilling Boreholes
	Is Your Belt Slippage Protection Working?
	Jaw Crusher Platform
	"Know Your Ropes"
	Longwall Hydraulics Maintenance
	Lubrication Systems
	Maintenance Communication / Accountability
	Medical First Responder Identification
	Mechanical Means of Lifting
	Mechanical Proximity Warning Device
	Mining Near Gas Wells
	New Miner Alert
	Permissible Warning Lights
	Preblast Lighting
	Pre-packaged Belt Move
	Proper Blocking
	Pump Monitoring
	Rail Haulage Safety
	Remote Controlled LHD Design Safety Recommendations
	Remote Control Mining Machine Safety Features
	Rock Drill Hazard Alert
	Roof Beam Supports
	Rough Terrain Forklift Safety
	Surveying in Advance to Aid in Locating Trapped Miners
	Switchman Safety
	Trailing Cable Hazards
	Truck Body Up
	Underground Track Haulage Safety
	Water for Firefighting
	Welding or Cutting on Tanks Safely
	Work Schedules
	X Marks the Spot (RCCM)

	Ask Someone Who Knows
	Barricade Dangerous Areas
	Battery Safety
	Be Aware of Electrical Hazards!
	Blocking Raised Equipment
	Cable Handling, Remote Control Continuous Miners
	Conditioning
	Contractor Safety
	Creating Understanding
	Designate Someone
	Don't Get Caught In a Moving Conveyor
	Downed Power Line
	Driller/Blaster Communications
	Electrical Lockout and Tag
	Electrical Extension Cords
	Electrical Testing Safety
	Energized Receptacle Hazards
	Exploding Tire Hazard
	First Aid Kits
	Get Out and Look
	Good Work Procedures
	Hand Operated Rachet Hoists - Come-a-longs
	Hand Signals for Lifting Equipment
	Hand Tools - Bars
	Hand Tools - Hammers
	Hand Tools - Jacks
	Hazards of Acetylene Gas
	Inspect Accelerator Linkages
	Keep Your Mind On Your Work
	Making Hydraulic Hoses
	Medical Alert Information
	Multi-Piece Rim Wheels
	Oxygen/Acetylene Safety
	Parking Mobile Equipment Safely
	Pillar Workings
	Prescription Medicine
	Pressurized Fittings
	Proper Lifting
	Railroad Crossings
	Reading and Understanding the Operation and Maintenance Manual
	Road Signs
	Roll Off Container Truck Safety
	Safe Transportation Sense
	"Safety Sense" Hazard Awareness Training
	Scooping in the "Right Direction"
	Self Contained Self Rescuer Training
	Shrapnel From Miners' Bits
	"Stop, Scan & Plan"
	Suggestion Box Ideas
	Tanker Safety
	Task Training
	The Magic of Mentoring
	The Middle of the Remote Control Continuous Miner Is Not A Safe Place
	Tire Explosion Hazards Due to Heat
	Torch Safety
	Tractor Safety
	Tramming While Positioned Within The Turning Radius Of The Remote Control Continuous Miner Can Be Fatal
	Turning a Remote Control Continuous Miner
	Underground Rail Haulage Hazards
	Use of Gas Heaters
	Walking Bleeders And Returns
	Wear Eye Protection
	Welding Hazards
	When Radio Signal is Lost, Don't Approach Remote Control Continuous Miners
	When To Stay Inside Your Equipment
	Work Experience Around Machinery
	Working on High Pressure Hoses


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