Category: Mining Safety
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Seven Daily Steps to Optimize Vibrating Screen Performance
Vibrating screens are engineered for hard work, but these machines can take a beating and they cannot run indefinitely without maintenance. This week’s Blog from Haver & Boecker Niagara provides seven daily steps that will get the most out of your vibrating screens for the long haul.
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Between the Road and the Load: Calculate True Capacity Before Buying Your Next Trailer
A trailer is never just a trailer. It can be manufactured to many different specifications, with multiple raw material options, dozens of load and geographical considerations, various top speed requirements, and hundreds of possible axle configurations coming into play. This week’s Blog from Talbert Manufacturing takes a deep dive into how to best calculate the…
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Arc Flash Safety in Mining
Arc Flash Safety in Mining The single largest category of electrical injuries in the mining industry is non-contact electrical burns caused by arc flash events, according to an investigation conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) over 11 years. Even though this study found that the majority of mining electrical injuries…
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Ontario Mine Rescue Competition Winners Announced
The Ontario Mine Rescue program has been a standardized province-wide collaboration between all mine operators since 1929. Continuing this tradition, mine rescue skills were put to the test at Workplace Safety North’s annual Ontario Mine Rescue provincial competition in June. In this week’s Blog, we look back on the results of the competition, which demonstrate…
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Safe Reliable Electrical Connections for Mining Applications
Most mining applications require electrical connections that can handle frequent connection/disconnection with reliable conducting power and proper safety ratings. This week’s Blog from the experts at MELTRIC looks at their switch-rated devices that use solid silver-nickel material as the contact surface, producing for superior conductivity with spring-loaded butt contacts for thousands of consistent and reliable…
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Rear Eject Bodies Boost Productivity and Safety
While many warnings are well heeded, others are treated as guidelines that can be challenged, especially when there’s an opportunity to increase production and profits. This week’s Blog from Philippi-Hagenbuch, Inc. looks at ways rear eject bodies can help maximize production without the need for risky techniques or endangering workers.
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Switch-Rated Plugs: The Ideal Connector for Electrical Power on the Move
At a remote construction site, finding electrical connections that are safe and easy to operate can be more challenging compared to within a facility or permanent worksite since resources are limited. This week’s Blog from MELTRIC takes a look at their switch-rated plug solutions that have become the top choice of power connectors for guaranteed…
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Caterpillar Autonomously Hauls More than 1 Billion Tonnes of Material with Cat® Command for Hauling in Less than a Year
Cat Command is marking a major milestone! Trucks equipped with Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling have autonomously moved more than 1 billion tonnes of material in less than a year. This week’s Blog takes a look at what Cat MineStar technology brings the job site, and what it may mean for your operations.
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Cordless Cap Lamps Breaking Ground in the Mining Industry
“Amazing product. Light is powerful and batteries last forever.” “Awesome cap lamps.” ” Most durable cap lamp I ever used.” “Brighter than anything I used before.” “Dropped it in the muck and it still worked.”
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Worker Mental Health Awareness Training Receives Ontario Funding
Many worksite locations are remote work camps or in the northern Ontario region, where access to medical care is more difficult than in southern Ontario. This week’s Blog from Workplace Safety North looks at how their training and resources are today helping forestry and mine workers, thanks to a recent funding announcement from the Province…