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MSHA News Release: [05/11/2004]
Contact Name: Suzy
Bohnert
Phone Number: (202) 693-9420
MSHA Releases Fourth Volume of “Mine Safety
Minutes” to Communicate with Miners, Operators
ARLINGTON, Va.—The U.S.
Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today
announced the release of its fourth volume of “Mine Safety Minutes,”
a series of one-minute public service announcements from the assistant
secretary of labor for mine safety and health that remind miners and mine
operators about on-the-job hazards and how to avoid them.
“Mining is still a hazardous occupation. Miners, like anyone else,
need frequent reminders about work-environment dangers,” said Dave D.
Lauriski, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. “We ask
radio stations in mining communities, who share our desire to see mining
fatalities and injuries reduced and eliminated in this country, to play the
“Mine Safety Minutes” for miners in their area.”
The newest volume of “Mine Safety Minutes” discusses risks
with mobile equipment and how accidents involving this apparatus killed nearly
one-third of all mining accident victims last year. Lauriski tells listeners to
thoroughly inspect equipment and wear seat belts whenever operating mobile
equipment.
First developed and produced for distribution early in 2003, the
“Mine Safety Minutes” are packaged on compact disks. Past audio
messages have included mining workplace issues such as roof falls; small-mine
safety; winter weather hazards; maintenance accidents; independent contractor
safety; supervisor safety; and water inundations.
“We believe these messages are quite valuable for the miners and
their families,” Lauriski added. “To reach the next level in mine
safety, we have to raise the level of awareness in the community concerning
hazards that cause fatal accidents in the mining industry. We ask for
assistance from radio station managers nationwide to get these messages out to
the mining community.”
Radio station managers interested in receiving a complete set of the
“Mine Safety Minutes” should send an e-mail message to MSHA’s
assistant secretary at asmsha@msha.gov.
Previous audio clips and text versions of the “Mine Safety Minutes”
are on the Internet at www.msha.gov/media/psa.htm under
the audio clips heading.
The Department of Labor has a sound bite available online in two formats at http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/audio/
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