DEPARTMENT OF LABOR LIBRARY
Collection of Safety/Health Videos and DVDs
Mine Safety 14 records
You may contact the library for assistance by calling 919-707-7880 or by e-mailing [email protected].
CONVEYOR BELTS: BE CAREFUL - VHS
Call Number: VHS 151
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MSHA | 15 minutes | Year Produced: 1969
Depicted are five of the most common accidents that can occur around belt conveyors in the mineral industry. Video outlines recommendations for prevention and describes safe working procedures for all workers. Stresses the need for safe mining equipment.
CORESAFETY TV (DEC.2019: RESPIRATORS) - Online (streaming)
Call Number: VOD
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National Mining Association | 14 minutes | Year Produced: 2019
Dec. 2019's CORESafety TV episode (posted on the National Mining Association's CORESafety TV's website): "In this episode of CORESafety TV, we have a special interview with NPPTL Director Maryann D’Alessandro, PhD. and engineer Bob Stein explaining the process of approving and certifying mining air respirators.They also discuss the closed-circuit escape respirator standard that was put into place in April 2012, which resulted in new improvements to those escape respirators used in underground mines.":
https://www.coresafety.org/coresafety-tv-december-2019/
CORESAFETY TV (NOV.2019: COMMUNICATION IN MINING) - Online (streaming)
Call Number: VOD
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National Mining Association | 7 minutes | Year Produced: 2019
Posted on CORESafety TV's YouTube Channel, the Nov. 2019 edition of this series discusses "communication in mining, including available technologies and benefits effective communication provides." The video also covers:
•Integration of different types of communication in an operation
•Emergency communication requirements - (Module #6)
•Communication's role in safety and health decision making - (Module #8)
•Communication standards for service vehicles and heavy mobile equipment - (Module #12)":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jgleJNH2JE
EQUIPMENT GUARDING - DVD
Call Number: DVD 625
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MSHA | 150 minutes | Year Produced: 2005
DVD disc #1 covers risk, hazards and guard construction. DVD disc #2 covers guarding equipment; power transmission, conveyers, crushes, splitters and screens, rotating equipment, packaging, palletizers and robots, power tools, mobile equipment.
GOOD BERMS SAVE LIVES - VHS
Las Bermas Adecuadas Salvas Vidas
Call Number: VHS 621
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MSHA | 15 minutes | Year Produced: 1998
Safe truck haulage depends on berms that are of correct height, angle, material. Berm maintenance is critical to avoiding accidents that can be fatal. This video can be accessed from MSHA's website: https://arlweb.msha.gov/Streaming/AccidentPreventClips.asp
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR TRAINING - DVD
Call Number: DVD 725
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MSHA | 60 minutes | Year Produced: 2011
“This DVD provides a general overview of a broad range of topics directed towards independent contractors working in surface metal and nonmetal mining operations.”
MANAGEMENTS ROLE IN HEALTH AND SAFETY - VHS
Call Number: VHS 152
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MSHA | 15 minutes | Year Produced: 1972
Video presents a well-planned and well-executed mine health and safety program in action. Outlined are a safety program and its application to on the job safety, situations and related mining operations. Management’s responsibility for the Health and Safety of miners is defined. Points out various environmental health problems and safety hazards and offers solutions.
MSHA TRAINING VIDEOS - Online (streaming)
Call Number: VOD
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Mine Safety and Health Administration | 10 minutes | Year Produced:
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) provides access to many videos (ranging from 2-19' in length) on mine safety & health-related topics: https://www.msha.gov/msha-training-videos
*PREVENTING POWERED HAULAGE ACCIDENTS AT SURFACE MINES (6:13)
*INTRODUCTION TO POWERED HAULAGE SAFETY (2:06)
*CONVEYOR SAFETY AT SURFACE MINES (5:26)
*HIDDEN DANGER: SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR SURGE (7:34)
*HEARING CONSERVATION, MSHA’S PART 62 (19:29)
*WORKPLACE EXAMINATIONS (12:05)
*VISIBILITY AND COMMUNICATIONS: OFF-ROAD AND HIGHWAY TRUCKS (15:52)
*BRAKES, GRADES AND RUNAWAYS - HIGHWAY TRUCKS (18:27)
*SAFETY ON OR NEAR WATER (13:38)
*HIGHWAY HAULAGE TRUCK INSPECTION BY MSHA INSPECTORS (17:32)
*FALL PROTECTION: YOUR LIFELINE TO SAFETY (12:13)
*SLAM FOR LIFE MSHA RISK ASSESSMENT (10:05)
NIOSH MINING VIDEOS - Online (streaming)
Call Number: VOD
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NIOSH | 15 minutes | Year Produced: 2007
This NIOSH Mining Tools & Products page provides link to videos (ranging in length from a couple of minutes to approx. half an hour) and other mining related-resources: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/Works/ProductList.html
Videos include:
*Aggregate Training for the Safety Impaired (2007)
*Arc Flash Awareness (2007)
*Blast Area Security (2007)
*Clothes Cleaning Process (2004)
*Handling Explosives in Underground Mines (1998)
*Hazards in Motion (2001)
*Rock Falls - Preventing Rock Fall Injuries in Underground Mines (1999)
*Roof Fall Entrapment... (1992)
*The Sky is Falling (2004)
*Zen and the Art of Rockbolting (2002)
PLAIN TALK ABOUT A SERIOUS PROBLEM: SILICOSIS - DVD
Call Number: DVD 797
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NCDOL-Mine & Quarry/NIOSH | 18 minutes | Year Produced: 1983
This video provides an introduction to silicosis, followed by discussions about dust exposure, the human respiratory system, threshold limit values, and individual risk and prevention. Also online (via YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVPUFfzaAuo
PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN THE MINING WORKPLACE - Online (streaming)
Call Number: VOD
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Centers for Disease Control (CDC) | 97 minutes | Year Produced: 2020
This recorded webinar is a "collaboration between NIOSH and the Industrial Minerals Association – North America on Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Mining Workplace": https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/925991509355107330?assets=true *Users need to fill out a brief form to register to view the recorded webinar.
SAFETY ON THE MOVE: TRUCK HAULAGE SAFETY - VHS
Call Number: VHS 153
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MSHA | 16 minutes | Year Produced: 1976
Depicts how truck operators encounter difficult, dangerous and emergency driving situations while performing assigned duties and reenacts some of the most frequently occurring accidents. Explains the causes of these accidents and outlines corrective steps necessary to prevent their recurrence.
"Learn safety best practices around surface mine conveyors such as using guards, blocking against motion, and locking out/tagging out power when conducting maintenance work. Also, miners entangled in three separate conveyor accidents give powerful testimonials on following conveyor safety practices."
Via USDOL's YouTube page: https://tinyurl.com/y7jkyley
THINK QUICKSAND: SAFETY AROUND BINS AND HOPPERS - VHS
Call Number: VHS 149
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MSHA | 10 minutes | Year Produced: 1987
Shows how materials in stockpiles, storage bins, and hoppers can act like quicksand, often with fatal results. Workers are encouraged to follow safe and correct operating procedures to avoid being trapped or buried alive.
