Mining Links

Advisory Committees and Partnerships

• Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee

  A link to the MSHRAC page in CDC's advisory committee web resources

Government agencies

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (Dept. of Labor)

• Census Bureau, Mining Overview

• Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)

• MMWR: Resurgence of Progressive Massive Fibrosis in Coal Miners - Eastern Kentucky, 2016

• Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology

• Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy (Australia)

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)

• U.S. Energy Information Administration

Information gateways

• InfoMine

• Science.gov

Journals/magazines/newsletters

• Holmes Safety Association Bulletin

Organizations

• AIHA Mining Working Group

• American Exploration & Mining Association

• Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM)

• CSIRO Australia

• International Society of Mine Safety Professionals

• Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association

• National Mining Association

• National Safety Council

• National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association

• Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, Inc.

• The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa

• United Mine Workers of America

• United States Mine Rescue Association

Safety and health topics

• Chemical Safety (NIOSH)

• Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program (NIOSH)

• Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study (NIOSH)

  A 20-year study on the health effects of breathing diesel exhaust fumes

• Electrical Safety (NIOSH)

• End Black Lung Disease Single Source Page (MSHA)

• Ergonomics (UCLA)

  Ergonomics and injury prevention tips

• Fall Injuries Prevention in the Workplace (NIOSH)

• Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention (NIOSH)

• Occupational Hearing Loss Surveillance (NIOSH)

• Occupational Noise Exposure (OSHA)

• Occupational Respiratory Disease Surveillance (NIOSH)

• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Explosives Regulations

• Pneumoconioses (NIOSH)

• Proximity Detection and Collision Warning Single Source Page (MSHA)

• Respiratory Health Division (RHD)

  The Respiratory Health Division (RHD) provides national and international leadership for preventing work-related respiratory diseases and optimizing workers' respiratory health.

• Silica (NIOSH)

• Silicosis: Learn the Facts! (NIOSH)

• Stress at Work (NIOSH)

Schools and universities

• Colorado School of Mines, Department of Mining Engineering

• Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (University of Nevada, Reno)

• Penn State University, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering

• University of Arizona, Department of Mining and Geological Engineering

• University of Idaho Mining Educators Website

• University of Nevada, Reno; Mackay School of Earth Sciences & Engineering