Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health Resource Page
If you operate or work at a coal mine, this page is probably not for you. This page is designed to assist operators and miners working at metal and nonmetal mines. Metal and nonmetal mining is divided into four broad categories: metal, nonmetal, stone, and sand and gravel. These broad categories encompass approximately 80 different commodities that are mined to provide the raw materials for producing items found all around us in our every day lives.
PLEASE NOTE: The views and conclusions expressed in this program are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing official policy or, in the case of a product, represent endorsement by the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Guarding Phase I - Guarding Conveyor Belts at Metal & Nonmetal Mines
This guide provides compliance information to help the metal and nonmetal mining industry meet current requirements of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA’s) guarding standards addressing conveyor belts.
Guarding Phase II - Guarding Machinery at Metal & Nonmetal Mines
This guide provides compliance information to help the metal and nonmetal mining industry meet current requirements of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA’s) guarding standards addressing equipment other than conveyor belts.
- Safety Standards for Loading, Hauling, and Dumping and Machinery and Equipment at Metal and Nonmetal Mines; Final Rule
Ladder Safety Standards
This guide provides compliance information to help the metal and nonmetal mining industry meet current requirements of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA’s) ladder safety standards.
- Powerpoint - PDF
Clarification of standard 57.11050
- Powerpoint - PDF
