Health and safety trainers will soon have an opportunity to improve their training skills and learn new ideas for their training programs.

The Training Resources Applied to Mining (TRAM) Conference will be held in person this year on November 12 – 15, 2024 at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy.

The Academy is located at 1301 Airport Road in Beaver, West Virginia.

The conference is tuition-free and will feature presentations from some of the industry’s most respected safety trainers. In addition, workshops will cover a wide variety of topics that are relevant to mine safety trainers.

The presentation topics for 2024 will cover everything from best practices for better content delivery to innovative training design techniques.

Training in today’s mining industry is considered a foundational element in the mission to improve mine safety. Through the years, the training materials competition has fostered a new level of professionalism in the development of training materials. 

TRAM’s exhibit area will feature some of the latest training materials developed by MSHA, State Grant recipients and the mining industry. Attendees will also find exhibits that will showcase innovative health and safety products.

REGISTRATION / ACCOMMODATIONS

• To register for the 2024 TRAM Conference, click here.
• To see a list of local motels, go here.

MSHA NEWS RELEASE

• To read the TRAM news release from MSHA, click here.

TRAINING MATERIALS COMPETITION

• The deadline to enter the Training Materials Competition has already passed (September 1, 2024).
• To learn more about the competition, you can still contact Katie Kimbrell at (304) 256-3286 or email her at kimbrell.katie@dol.gov.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• For more information about TRAM, you may contact Angela Blair at (304) 256-3202 or email her at blair.angela.d@dol.gov.