Month: January 2019

Man Lift Safety By:  The Mine Safety Institute, Part 46 New Miner Training Man Lift Safety For Surface Miners Man Lifts Not Drops Cherry pickers, aerial lifts, bucket lifts.......man lifts have a lot of aliases but the dangers in using them remain the same. The outcome of an accident with a man lift is generally …

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The Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA) reports there are close to 250,000 miners work in 12,000 metal/nonmetal mines, and 83,000 miners work in 1,200 across the United States. In these operations, 27 fatalities occurred in 2018 - the second lowest number ever recorded. 18 fatalities occurred at surface operations, 9 fatalities took place at underground …

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