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Safety Share: Wearable safety technology, monitoring miners with IBM

International technology firm IBM has teamed up with a number of companies, using its Maximo Worker Insights platform to help in the collection of safety data, and ensuring risk-free operations. JP Casey finds out how data fed back to supervisors and safety officials can keep workers out of dangerous environments. While safety remains a priority […]

CORESafety TV: June 2019

It’s National Safety Month… Don’t Let a Friend or Coworker Become a Statistic Welcome to the June edition of CORESafety TV — the online video program from the National Mining Association. This is National Safety Month, as recognized by the National Safety Council (NSC), CORESafety and hundreds of other organizations across the country. This year’s theme is […]

How Alaska’s Usibelli Coal Mine Is Making the Most Out of CORESafety

In April 2019, Usibelli Coal Mine (UCM) in Healy, Alaska surpassed its all-time safety record by completing 797 days without a single lost-time accident. Shortly afterwards, CORESafety interviewed Joe Usibelli Jr., the president and CEO of the company that was founded by his grandfather in 1943.  He explained how UCM got started with CORESafety and what […]

CORESafety TV: May 2019

Welcome to the May edition of CORESafety TV — the online video program from the National Mining Association. This month, we’re introducing a new in-depth interview segment called “Center of Safety” on CORESafety TV. Periodically, we’ll be talking with mining executives where we “dig a little deeper” by asking how they themselves got started in mining. We’ll […]

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 […]

CORESafety TV: March 2019

Welcome to the March 2019 edition of CORESafety TV — the online video series from the National Mining Association. In this episode, we take a look at reporting and investigating safety incidents and why you should also analyze near miss events that might not seem serious enough to report. This is particularly true with slips, […]

CORESafety Tips to Avoid Falls and Injuries from Ladders

Falls from ladders occur much more frequently than you might imagine, resulting in more than 120 miners being injured each year. This month – March 2019 – is National Ladder Safety Month. CORESafety is offering our downloadable infographic called “How to be Safe on Ladders” which includes some of the safety tips from Module #5 […]

National Ladder Safety Month

More than 120 miners are injured each year from incidents involving falls from ladders, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Join CORESafety in spreading awareness about the importance of the safe use of ladders during National Ladder Safety Month, March 2019. CORESafety is reminding you of some of the safety tips presented in Module #5 (Training and Competence) and Module #12 (Work […]