Safety: Mining's Commitment

Over the last three years, more than $800 million has been invested in new safety technology and training at U.S. mines. To achieve continued improvement in mine safety and health, the mining industry promotes health and safety as a core value. It strives to instill the values of safety leadership, accountability and personal involvement in every employee and to provide them with the required training and tools to prevent fatalities, injuries or occupational illnesses.

Technological ingenuity, better training, improved engineering methods and conscientious safety awareness by miners, mine operators and equipment manufacturers has enabled the industry to establish a record of continuous improvement that places mining below the private sector average rate for occupational injury and illness.

We need to inform elected officials and policy makers about the tremendous safety accomplishments being made at mines across the country and help us guard against measures that would saddle mine operators with unworkable rules that do not advance mine safety.