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Staying in Compliance with Legal Mining Requirements: Module #16

Sending miners home safely at the end of every day is what mining operations should constantly be striving to achieve. That’s the whole point of CORESafety’s 0-50-5 objective. Operations should always be in full compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements to ensure value-added regulations are leveraged. The 1977 Mine Act, as amended by the 2006 MINER […]

Safety Share: Usibelli Coal Mine Achieves All-Time Best Safety Record

Healy, AK – On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 employees at Usibelli Coal Mine (UCM) worked 798 consecutive days without a single lost time accident (LTA), setting a new record for safety at the mine. The mine’s previous safety record was set in 2006 at 797 days without a lost time accident. “While we are proud […]

CORESafety TV: April 2019

Welcome to the April edition of CORESafety TV — the online video program from the National Mining Association. Mine rescue contests are designed to sharpen the skills and test the knowledge of team members who might be faced one day with potential mining emergencies. Each team has to solve hypothetical problems and challenges while being timed […]