From MSHA:

Many accidents can be prevented with just a few minutes – or seconds – of precaution. The Stand Down to Save Lives is an opportunity for mine owners and operators to share safety measures that can prevent injuries and deaths. Host a toolbox talk, a discussion on common hazards, conduct workplace and equipment examinations, or provide longer training sessions. 

Keep these best practices in mind as you Take Time, Save Lives:

OWNERS/OPERATORS: How can you improve safety and health programs, equipment, and hazard reporting to make them more effective?

SUPERVISORS: How can you improve training and examinations? Have you addressed any concerns raised prior to your shift?

MINERS: Do you have properly fitting protective equipment and are you fully trained on any you are operating?

Tell us about your Stand Down to Save Lives trainings and other events!

Minnesota Mine Safety Association is proud to bring you our annual spring start-up seminars.  This full-day seminar is packed with information.  The educational topics are designed to help provide you the knowledge you need to maintain a safe work environment at your location.

MSHA personnel will be on hand to answer your enforcement questions.   This is your chance to find out the enforcement issues for 2023 and to talk one-on-one with MSHA enforcement personnel.

Don’t miss this opportunity!  Sign up today.

It is a full day of information and entertainment for one low price.

Agenda:

For more information on the agenda, please click on this link to open the flyer: 2023 Flyer 

Two Dates and Locations to Choose From
Please select the date that works best for you:

Wednesday,  February 15th      The Grands at Mulligans, 601 Pine Cone Road, Sartell, MN  
Thursday,  February 16th   Minnesota Horse and Hunt Club, 2920 220th Street East, Prior Lake, MN          

Seminar Costs:
$250 Non-Member
$200 Member

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Number of Attendees

1 $250.00 USD 2 $500.00 USD 3 $750.00 USD 4 $1,000.00 USD

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Feb 15 Sartell Feb 16 Prior Lake

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1 $200.00 USD 2 $400.00 USD 3 $600.00 USD 4 $800.00 USD 5 $1,000.00 USD 6 $1,200.00 USD 7 $1,400.00 USD 8 $1,600.00 USD 9 $1,800.00 USD 10 $2,000.00 USD

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Feb 15 Sartell Feb 16 Prior Lake

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The MMSA Executive committee has put together another fantastic lineup for our annual Start-Up seminar. This year marks our return to face-to-face interaction. Two locations have been chosen for this energizing and informative event; February 15th at The Grands at Mulligans in Sartell/St. Cloud and the MNHorse & Hunt Club in Prior Lake. For more detailed information please check out our flyer!

Minnesota Mine Safety is pleased to give you the opportunity to golf yet another fantastic course this year. MMSA’s 26th Golf Classic will be held at the Cannon Golf Club in Cannon Falls, MN on Tuesday, August 30. Shotgun start at 12:30 pm with dinner and prizes immediately after.

Cannon Golf Club has been named a jewel on the banks of the Cannon River and is home to one of the best 18-hole golf courses in the Twin Cities area. Running along the Cannon River, it is an intriguing course, sprinkled with wetlands, ponds and streams that make for a fantastic round of golf. The golf course lies in an oak savannah where the prairie meets the water. Large mature bur oaks set along the Cannon River, streams and ponds give the course an elegance and charm that only comes with age. It’s a year-round haven for bald eagles, red-tailed hawks, white pelicans, Canadian geese and other birds. Please click on this link to open the 2022 Golf Flyer. We look forward to seeing everyone on the golf course again this year!

Choose number of golfers:

1 Golfer $150.00 USD 2 Golfers $300.00 USD 3 Golfers $450.00 USD 4 Golfers $600.00 USD

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# Hole Sponsors

Sponsor 1 hole $150.00 USD Sponsor 2 holes $300.00 USD Sponsor 3 holes $450.00 USD

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MMSA is now accepting submissions for the 3rd annual excellence in mine safety award. Submissions will be accepted through December 1^st, 2022 the award will be presented at our 2023 Spring Start-up Seminars. Click here for more information and to review guidelines and examples of achievements in safety to consider. 

On March 29th 2022, the Senate of the 117th Congress confirmed Christopher John Williamson as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.

From the White House news release announcing his nomination, November 15th 2021.

A proud Appalachian and native of the coalfields of southern West Virginia, Williamson currently serves as Senior Counsel to Chairman Lauren McFerran of the National Labor Relations Board. Prior to joining the NLRB, he served in the Obama-Biden Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor as a member of the senior leadership team at the Mine Safety and Health Administration. In that role, he advised the Assistant Secretary for MSHA on all aspects of agency policy, operations, and communications. 

Before his service at MSHA, Williamson worked in the United States Senate as Labor Counsel to Chairman Tom Harkin on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and as a Legislative Assistant to Senator Joe Manchin III. As Labor Counsel, he advised Chairman Harkin and Committee Members on labor, occupational and mine safety and health, and black lung benefits and other workers’ compensation issues. Serving on Senator Manchin’s Legislative Team, Williamson was the Senator’s primary policy advisor on labor, mine safety and health, pensions, and agriculture issues and also advised him on energy and environmental policy, including Senator Manchin’s work on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Williamson began his career in public service as an attorney-advisor to Administrative Law Judge Jacqueline R. Bulluck at the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. He earned a Juris Doctor from the West Virginia University College of Law, a Master of Public Policy from American University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics from West Virginia University. Williamson is originally from Dingess in Mingo County, West Virginia, and currently resides with his wife and children in Crofton, Maryland.

MMSA is now accepting submissions for the 2^nd Annual Excellence in Mine Safety Award. Submissions will be accepted through December 1^st, 2021 and the award will be presented at our 2022 Spring Start-up Seminars. Click here for more information and to review guidelines and examples of achievements in safety to consider.