Is Mining Industry a Safe Place to Work?

 

 

I got this mini hard hat years ago during a mine tour

 at Phoenix Mine by Bald Mountain, NV

 

 

You may have asked, is mining a safe place to work? May it be a surface or underground mine and in my own experience as a miner, the answer is absolutely YES.

 

Mining industry is very highly regulated with Mine Safety and Health Administration or MSHA. This agency, I am telling you guys, is really doing their job and is, I would say, incorruptible. They can penalize a mine or even an employee big time, like  thousands of dollars if they find unsafe place to work or find any kinds of hazards. They can also shut a mine down. Seriously. And they listen, in fact, anyone can call them anonymously to report anything related to safety in your workplace. I remember years ago, they came to the property to check out all break rooms because apparently, someone called in and reported a hazardous break room in one of the departments in the mine.

 

Round Mountain Gold Corporation or RMGC provide all the necessary trainings an employee would ever need and provide any kinds of PPE or Personal Protective Equipment like gloves, ear plugs, safety glasses, and many other things of different kinds.  You name it, RMGC have it. 

We also have different programs like Critical Risk Management or CRM, GAPS, PRE-SHIFT and many other good stuff. Work place inspection and pass down reports between incoming and outgoing Leads is required every shift change. Every department would have safety meeting every day before the start of the shift. Because SAFETY is the number one priority in every mine. 

I could write more but I hope this short blog is enough already to feed your curious minds about the safety in the mining industry. 

If you were interested to work in the mining industry, like let's say, Kinross Gold Corporation. the owner of RMGC, check this out : Kinross then click Careers then click location. Kinross gold own several mines in and outside US.

Thank you for checking this blog out!

Have a high vibration day!

 

Bechay