STOP
the Fatalities!
MSHA
is launching a
national campaign to stop the recent upward trend in metal and
nonmetal fatalities. The attached letter and enclosure are
being mailed to all 16000 MNM mine operators and contractors
this week.
Officially,
MSHA will launch this initiative Monday, April 16th.
W e are asking that you promote our
STOP the Fatalities
campaign at meetings, conferences, and though your valuable
communications channels. You may use the attached letter and
talking points when you discuss this initiative with your mining
community. Additional information related to this important
initiative is on MSHA’s homepage. We encourage you and your
staff to learn more about this campaign and then
get the word out for miners and
contractors to recognize hazards and eliminate them to create a
safer workplace.
It will take
all of us working together to make this campaign successful, not
just in the short term when we will be out in the field talking
to miners and contractors, getting their attention to look
around their workplace and recognize any hazards that may cause
an accident at their mining operation, but in the long-term, to
keep the STOP the Fatalities
messages in the minds of the mine operators, miners and
contractors. If the campaign message make them more aware of
hazards and continue to always look for any hazards, if they
take steps to correct the hazards, then this will truly be a
successful campaign. It will make a difference.
