MSHA and NSSGA will maintain their now 10-year-old alliance aimed at preventing injuries and illnesses at U.S. aggregates operations.
Signed at MSHA’s headquarters on Dec. 7 in Arlington, Va., the agreement calls for the two organizations to work closely together on the promotion of safe working conditions, the development of effective miner training programs and the expansion of mine safety and health outreach and communication.
“Although the alliance is precluded from getting into the area of enforcement, the work done in training, leadership and education by way of Safety Alerts, NSSGA’s magazine safety pullouts and quarterly CEO safety newsletters is critical for all aggregates operators,” says Louis Griesemer, the alliance’s co-chair who’s also president and CEO of Springfield Underground Inc. in Springfield, Mo.
The agreement calls for the two organizations to work closely together on the promotion of safe working conditions, the development of effective miner training programs and the expansion of mine safety and health outreach and communication.
Both groups work to promote a national dialogue on safety and health by sharing information on best practices or effective approaches to eliminating hazards, as jointly determined by MSHA and NSSGA, with others in the mining industry through individual or joint outreach.
