Many of the simplest ideas for improving safety are the best! The ideas presented here have come from miners, mining safety professionals, and NIOSH research. We think all of the suggestions will be useful to the industry. Please let us know if you have any ideas to contribute! Ideas to Reduce Work-Related Musculoskeletal DisordersThere is compelling evidence that Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) affect mineworkers to a greater degree than workers in other industries. For example, studies have shown that miners experience more disability from knee and back pain, more absenteeism, more osteoarthritis, and more disk degeneration than comparison industrial populations.
Ideas to Reduce Roof Fall InjuriesBetween 1996 and 1998, nearly half of all underground fatalities were attributed to roof, rib and face falls. |