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Health & Safety
Employee safety is the highest priority of the mining industry. Advanced technology, greater emphasis on worker training and safety awareness, and regulatory efforts by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and state mine safety agencies have all contributed to steady improvements in mine safety throughout U.S. mines.
Year-over-year record improvements in safety performance were tragically interrupted in 2006. Because U.S. operators are committed to reaching our goal of zero fatalities and serious injuries, the National Mining Association convened an independent panel of technical and safety experts to analyze mine safety technology and training needs and to provide recommendations to improve mine safety. The recommendations of the Mine Safety Technology and Training Commission are now being implemented. The industry also supported new federal legislation, the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act, which became law in mid-2006, and a significant effort has been made to implement the MINER Act's major requirements.
NMA Crisis Communications Template (Word File)
NMA Comments on MSHA's Criteria and Procedures for Proposed Assesment of Civil Penalties
MSHA's Proposed Coal Mine Dust Sampling Regulations
Explosives
NMA's position on Taggant Technology for Post-Blast Explosives Identification
