Each December 6th, we celebrate National Miners Day to recognize and applaud the skill, dedication, and hard work miners put into providing many of the products essential to fulfilling America’s most vital needs.
America’s miners are an invaluable part of our nation’s workforce, supplying the minerals and raw materials for many critical needs like energy, national defense, manufacturing, and infrastructure. Each day, thousands of miners supply the iron ore and coal necessary to produce steel, the gravel and cement needed to build our roads and bridges, and the copper essential to electricity transmission lines.
We honor current, retired, and former miners, including those we’ve lost in fatal mining accidents and to occupational illnesses such as black lung disease and silicosis. In doing so, we recommit to ensuring that miners’ safety and health must always be the first priority and concern in mining.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) honors miners through our commitment to their well-being, both during and after their service. MSHA continues to advance our mission every day, working to ensure that miners’ health, safety, and rights are protected, and their work is acknowledged and celebrated.
McCraren Compliance offers many opportunities in safety training to help circumvent accidents. Please take a moment to visit our calendar of classes to see what we can do to help your safety measures from training to consulting.
Original article published by MSHA