Blasting Alert: Stay Safe on the Job

The use of explosives in mining dates back more than 300 years, however, strict safety regulations on blasting only recently became standard when the U.S. Department of Labor created the Mine Safety and Health Administration in 1978. OSHA also has a set of requirements for safe blasting and explosives handling, transportation and storage.Extracting deposits like coal is nothing to mess around with. Rock blasting uses various types of explosives that can cause devastating injuries, and even fatalities.Blasting programs are designed and implemented by qualified explosives contractors, but as a support services worker, you might come in contact with these situations