MSHA Video - Highwall Hazard Recognition
Learning objectives
- • Conduct examinations prior to beginning work around highwalls, and as frequent as necessary to ensure safety, especially during periods of changing weather conditions.
- • Inspect the top and bottom of the highwall for cracking, spalling, sloughage, loose ground, and large rocks that could be hazardous.
Course overview
If your job puts you in or near highwall operations, you need to be especially careful. This video shows an experienced truck driver training a new employee about the dangers of highwalls.
- 5 minutes
- Format: Online Interactive
- English
Course Outline
- Video
Regulations
- CFR 30 Part 56 – Safety and Health Standards – Surface Metal and Nonmetal Mines, Subpart B – Ground Control, 56.3130 – Wall, Bank, and Slope Stability
- CFR 30 Part 56 – Safety and Health Standards – Surface Metal and Nonmetal Mines, Subpart B – Ground Control, 56.3131 – Pit or Quarry Wall Perimeter
- CFR 30 Part 56 – Safety and Health Standards – Surface Metal and Nonmetal Mines, Subpart B – Ground Control, 56.3200 – Correction of Hazardous Conditions
- CFR 30 Part 56 – Safety and Health Standards – Surface Metal and Nonmetal Mines, Subpart B – Ground Control, 56.3430 – Activity Between Machinery or Equipment and the Highwall or Bank