30 CFR § 56.14107 – Moving machine parts.

This is the most cited violation MSHA has issued in calendar year 2009. This goes from 1/1/2009 until the writing of this post 12/2/2009

Lets look at this standard. We know there is a very good reason for this rule since it is wrote in the CFR. Always remember that MSHA was enacted with the Federal Mine Safety & Health Act of 1977 because of poor treatment to miners in U.S. mines by the operators that employed them. The CFR is written in blood, not literally obviously, but figuratively. Every rule that has been written to the book is there because a miner was injured or killed performing his assigned and sometimes not assigned duties.

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We do exactly as the name implies; we help small mines get a handle on their safety program or you can use the information provided to help new mines implement a safety program. If you have a specific question just contact me and ask and I will try to get it up on the site to help other mine operators as fast as I possibly can.

My qualifications: I have been a safety manager for a small mine in New Mexico for over eight years. I am a blue card carrying MSHA qualified trainer. I am qualified by MSHA to train for Parts 48 and 46 surface mines/facilities and I have trained or co-trained in a minimum of one to two trainings per year since 2001.

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