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The mining industry in Southeast Alaska has taken off in recent years. And as mining has grown as a sector of the local, regional and state economy, the University of Alaska Southeast has embarked on a mission to meet the demand for new mine workers.
...per 200,000 hours worked, according to data recently released from the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration. The all-injury rate made a modest drop from 2.81 to 2.73 per 200,000 hours worked.The industry...
More than seven months have passed since Alaska's last mine fatality. The Mine Safety and Health Administration recently announced that a total of 10 U.S. miners died working in the nation's mines in the first quarter of 2012 - six coal...
...by Pittsburg, Pa.-based CSE Corporation. In testing, more than 1 percent failed, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. This failure rate does not conform to the Administration's safety requirements.The SR-100 was designed...
...performing his regular duties underground. He had been employed at the mine for more than a year.The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration is investigating the accident at Kensington mine. The agency says preliminary information indicates Tagaban...
...the first such credential approved anywhere in the university system. The major focuses are on federal Mine Safety and Health Administration training and personal certification, knowledge of basic mining terminology and practices, and use of...
...management policies, procedures and controls for a fatal accident at an Alaska mine last year.The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday released its report on the September accident at the Kensington gold mine, about 45 miles...
The Coast Guard helicopter crash hearings last week brought some high profile courtroom drama to Juneau. The three days of testimony focused on whether or not Lt.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration recently released data on mine fatalities. Nationwide, 37 miners died in work-related accidents in 2011, compared to more...
...workplace hazards and on blast area avoidance, according to conclusions recently released by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration.Kensington Mine is owned by Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp.Tagaban was struck and killed in September of...