MSHA offers a wide variety of mine safety and health materials to assist trainers and mine operators in promoting a safe and healthy environment at U.S. mines. We are always looking for new materials to share with the mining community. Please contact us at mshatraining@dol.gov if you have any materials to share, or if you have any questions or suggestions regarding the safety and health materials on our website.
Small Mine Handbook
A compliance assistance tool for small mine operators covering health and safety programs, training plan development, reporting practices, and more.
2014 TRAM Conference Presentations
Download PowerPoint presentations from the 2014 Training Resources Applied to Mining (TRAM) Conference
Accident Prevention Program
Safety tips, programs, and material that can be used to prevent accidents in the mining industry
Illness and Injury Prevention Program
Health tips, programs, and material that can be used to prevent occupational illnesses and injuries in the mining industry
Training Videos
A large collection of videos covering health, safety and other mining-related topics
ToolBox Talks
A series of discussion topics that can be used by small mine operators and others to hold safety and health discussions for their employees at their mining operations
Best Practices Pocket Cards
Concise pocket cards outlining a range of health and safety best practices
Fatalgrams
Mining fatality summaries with associated best practices to help prevent similar incidents
Task Training
Concise guidelines for effective task training
Job Task Analysis (JTA) Materials
Sample JTAs developed for dozens of tasks, for your customization
Health and Safety Alerts
Information on current and previous health, safety and equipment hazard alerts
MSHA Handbook Series
A variety of handbooks describing inspection procedures, education & training procedures and technical support procedures
NIOSH Training Page
Education and training resources from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Industry Shared Safety Material
This section contains material submitted to MSHA by the mining industry that has shown to be effective in reducing accidents and injuries. Please feel free to use any of this material to help prevent accidents and injuries at your mine or facility site.
Industry and MSHA Partnership Safety Material
This section contains material produced as a result of a partnership between MSHA and the mining industry. These partnerships are part of MSHA’s on-going outreach efforts to provide compliance assistance to mining operations.