KEARNEY –A $92,000 grant received by the Nebraska Safety Center will help the University of Nebraska at Kearney train new workers and contractors in Nebraska’s mining industry. The Mine Safety and Health Administration grant helps the Safety Center offer training that focuses on electrical safety, lockout/tagout, proper handling of machinery and materials, hazard communication chemical safety, and first aid. The Safety Center has administered statewide safety … [Read more...] about Mining grant of $92K to help UNK’s Safety Center train workers
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Nebraska Safety Center film screening explores deadly mining disaster in West Virginia
KEARNEY – “The Run Coal Memos” will be screened 1 p.m. Tuesday (May 29) in Copeland Hall Room 142 on the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus. Part of the “Playing by the Rules: Ethics at Work” series, the film explores what led to the massive explosion that killed 29 men in April 2010 at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. The explosion remains the deadliest U.S. mining disaster in the last 45 years. A discussion led by NET public radio and … [Read more...] about Nebraska Safety Center film screening explores deadly mining disaster in West Virginia
Nebraska Safety Center $86K grant helps train Nebraska’s miners
By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications KEARNEY – The Nebraska Safety Center has received a ,168 grant to train new workers and contractors in Nebraska’s mining industry. The grant from the Mine Safety and Health Administration helps the Safety Center offer training that focuses on electrical safety, lockout/tagout, proper handling of machinery and materials, hazard communication chemical safety, and first aid. The Safety Center has administered statewide safety … [Read more...] about Nebraska Safety Center $86K grant helps train Nebraska’s miners
