Open - Pit Mining Hazards

Duration: 17 min

Year Published: 1967

Creator: U S Bureau Of Mines

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Re-enacts mining accidents involving dump trucks, power shovels, front-end loaders, rail haulage and highwall blasting to show what happens from workers' carelessness, when safety precautions are overlooked, or where unsafe machinery and mining methods are used. Explains why the accidents happened and then stresses the correct and safe way of performing various mining jobs to prevent future accidents.


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