MSHA - Accident Prevention Program - Safety Ideas and Tips by Mine Type

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

Surface Nonmetal

Safety Ideas

Miner's Tips

	Aging Workforce Considerations
	Auxiliary Power Source Interlocks
	Avoid Fall- Suspension Trauma
	Blocking Against Motion
	Chutes and Bins: Access Without Spillage
	Chutes and Bins: Stop the Flow to Prevent Spillage
	Cleaning Equipment Steps
	Compatible Threads on Fire Hoses and Standpipes
	Conveyor Belts Move Faster Than You Can
	Conveyor Belt Safety
	Conveyor Belt Skirt Boards
	Conveyor Belt Safety Boards
	Conveyor Cleanup
	Conveyor Safety Features Should Not Be Options
	Dangers of a Failed Hydraulic Hose
	Designate Your Miner
	Distraction to Disaster in One Step
	Dump Point Layout
	Dump Point Warning Light
	Effective Annual Refresher Training
	Electrical Arc Flash Hazards
	Fall Arrest Systems
	Falling Through the Roof
	Fire Suppression Systems
	Guardrails, Barriers and Floor Covers
	Getting On and Off Equipment Safely
	Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCI)
	Haul Truck Pre-operational Hazards
	Hazards at Unprotected Edges, Openings, and Holes
	Hazards Created by Heating Closed Chambers
	Highwall Miner and Auger Ignition Prevention
	Hoisting, Towing and Rigging Safety
	Hydraulic Hose Life
	Hydraulic Hose Maintenance
	Job Observations
	Is Your Belt Slippage Protection Working?
	Jaw Crusher Platform
	Ladder Landing Areas in Relation to Stairways
	Life Jackets
	Lock Out/Tag Out With Picture
	Lubrication Systems
	Maintenance Communication / Accountability
	Mark Buried Utility Lines
	Medical First Responder Identification
	Mobile Equipment Fires
	New Miner Alert
	New Miner/New Hire Training
	Non-Contact AC Voltage Detectors
	Operating Large Surface Haulage Equipment Safely
	Overhead Powerline Hazards
	Pedestrian Safety
	Personal Safety Lighting for Surface Operations
	Preventing Eye Injuries
	Proper Blocking
	Pump Monitoring
	Rail Haulage Safety
	Rim Wheel Assembly Hazards
	Roadside Reflectors
	Rock Drill Hazard Alert
	Rough Terrain Forklift Safety
	Safe Access: Beware of Appearances
	Safe Dump Point Procedures
	Slurry Line Safety
	Solar-Powered LED Lighted Signs
	Stay Seen - Stay Alive
	Support Vehicle Identification
	Tagging Out Equipment
	Take The Keys - Save Your Life
	Tarping Platform
	Traffic Control
	Truck Body Up
	Wearing Hardhats Properly
	Truck Loading Safety
	Use of Borehole Probes
	Use of Face Profiling
	Visitor Communications
	Welding or Cutting on Tanks Safely
	Work Boat Safety
	Work Platforms
	Work Schedules
	Working Near the Edge - Beware of Soft Areas; Stay Perpendicular

	Ask Someone Who Knows
	Avoiding Surface Drill Entanglements
	Avoid Dump-Point Hazards
	Barricade Dangerous Areas
	Battery Safety
	Blocking Raised Equipment
	Bulk Truck Maintenance
	Buried Gas Line Hazards
	Conditioning
	Creating Understanding
	Contractor Safety
	Crew Safety
	Crusher Maintenance
	Designate Someone
	Don't Get Caught In a Moving Conveyor
	Downed Power Line
	Dredge Safety
	Driller/Blaster Communications
	Driller's Fall Protection
	Driving Left at Dump Points
	Dump Neutralizer Switch
	Electrical Extension Cords
	Electrical Testing Safety
	Electrical Lockout and Tag
	Exploding Tire Hazard
	First Aid Kits
	Falling Material Hazards
	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
	Hazards Caused by Haul Trucks
	Inspect Accelerator Linkages
	Inspector for a Day
	Life Jackets
	Lightning Hazards
	Making Hydraulic Hoses
	Medical Alert Information
	Moving a Stacking Conveyor
	Mowboard/Moldboard Repairs
	Multi-Piece Rim Wheels
	Multimeter Safety Tips
	Overhead Powerline Safety
	Oxygen/Acetylene Safety
	Parking Mobile Equipment Safely
	Positive Communications
	Prescription Medicine
	Pressurized Fittings
	Pre-operational and Workplace Inspections
	Proper Lifting
	Railroad Crossings
	Reading and Understanding the Operation and Maintenance Manual
	Road Signs
	Roll Off Container Truck Safety
	"Safety Sense" Hazard Awareness Training
	Seat Belts
	"Stop, Scan & Plan"
	"Strut Charging on Haul Trucks"
	Suggestion Box Ideas
	Tanker Safety
	Surface Haulage Trucks Tipping Hazards
	Task Training
	Test Your Brakes After Repair
	The Magic of Mentoring
	Think - Before, During, and After the Task
	Tire Explosion Hazards Due to Heat
	Torch Safety
	Tractor Safety
	Use of Gas Heaters
	Wear Eye Protection
	Welding Hazards
	When To Stay Inside Your Equipment
	Work Experience Around Machinery
	Working on High Pressure Hoses