Dewalt issued a safety notice and recall on several of their 7″ angle grinders. Specific information regarding replacement parts and contact information can be found by viewing the PDF document issued by Dewalt Power Tools. Click here to view.

Minnesota Mine Safety Association is proud to bring you our annual spring start-up seminars. This year our featured speaker is Gary Berg presenting “Simple Truths in Life and the Workplace.” This presentation is designed to challenge audiences to consciously look at the way they do things on a daily basis to see how they can improve in virtually all aspects of their lives. The talk is fast-paced, humorous, and on the mark. If you would like to examine simple ways to create new and better habits, and laugh a bit while you are learning, please plan on attending this program.
MSHA employees will be presenting Guarding Best Practices and Part 46 Training and be on hand to answer your questions.
You will also go through a mock MSHA inspection with our MMSA presenters. Instructors from Hibbing Community College will provide training on Workplace examinations.
It is a full day of information and entertainment for one low price.
Three Dates and Locations to Choose From
Please select the date that works best for you:
Tuesday, February 14 Shooting Star Casino, 777 Casino Road, Mahnomen, MN
Wednesday, February 15 Grand Casino, 777 Lady Luck Drive, Hinckley, MN
Thursday, February 16 Mystic Lake Casino, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, MN

Seminar Costs:
$160 Non-Member
$130 Member
$110 per Member when sending 4 or more from the same organization
Not yet a member? Annual membership dues are $100. Please enclose member-ship dues with your registration and pay the lower membership price.

Early Bird Special!
Register and pay by January 10, 2012 and save $10 on each person registered.
If paid by January 10:
$150 Non-member of MMSA
$120 Member
$100 per Member if sending 4 or more from the same organization

Agenda:
7:30-8:00 am              Coffee, Rolls, Registration
8:00-8:15 am              Welcome to MMSA
8:15-9:45 am              Workplace Examinations
10:00-11:15 am           Mock MSHA Inspection
11:30-12:00 pm          Part 46 Training Q&A
12:00-1:00 pm            Lunch (provided)
1:00-2:15 pm              Simple Truths in the Workplace
2:30-3:15 pm              Guarding Best Practices

To register and pay for the seminar, please select the appropriate “Buy Now” Button below

Members – select this “Buy Now” Button

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To see the latest Minnesota Mine Safety Newsletter, please click on the link:  Fall 2011 Newsletter

MMSA is hosting a free Electrical Safety Workshop for members. The cost for non-members is $75. The event will be held on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at Ziegler Cat in Bloomington, MN (901 West 94th Street, Bloomington, MN) from 8 am- 12 pm. Contact Lori Waltzer at 10320 Balsam Lane Eden Prairie, MN 55347, or by email at mmsa@q.com to register.

This 4hr electrical safety seminar is targeted to those who have increased exposure to energized electrical equipment. Electricians, maintenance departments and mine management personnel can all benefit from an increased understanding of the hazards of electricity, especially Arc Flash. Topic areas covered include: personal protective equipment, approach distances, energy level calculations and test equipment usage.

Participants will be expected to have practical field level knowledge of electrical utilization equipment (panels, disconnects etc.) and some familiarity with the electrical properties of voltage, current and resistance/impedance.

Robert Weston, CSP, MSP– Robert is a Safety and Health professional with the Center for Business and Industry (CBI) division of South Central College in North Mankato MN. He specializes in designing, developing and delivering training solutions in the areas of workplace health and safety.

Robert’s work experience includes six years in the United States Navy as a Fire Control Technician and over 14 years in industry operating as an electrical maintenance technician, work center supervisor, EHS coordinator, electrical department manager and plant engineer.

If you are not a member of MMSA, you may also register and pay online by clicking the “Buy Now” button.  
Members may also register online by completing the form below. In the “Messages & Questions box” please fill in which company you are from and the names of the attendees. Click submit to complete the registration.

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The following information was released by 3M on 9-18 and may be of use to those in the industry.

3M™ G-Series Retractable Lanyard Models:
GW-7, GW-11, GW-7-0241A, GW-7-0241H, GW-11-0241A, GW-11-0241H, GW-11NS, DLGW-7, DLGW-7-0241A and DLGW-11-0241A

In an effort to ensure that 3M provides our customers with quality products and services, we have recently completed an analysis of GW-7 and GW-11 Series Self-Retracting Lanyards that were returned to us. We have identified a limited number of these units which do not properly achieve lock up during the user pre-inspection pull test on the webbing lifeline (as required by the User Instructions and OSHA regulations).

As a result, 3M requests that you immediately remove from service and quarantine all models of G-Series Self-Retracting Lanyards within your inventory. G-Series model numbers are provided at the top of this announcement for reference.

We request that the following steps be implemented:

1. Immediately stop use and quarantine all inventory of G-Series products.
2. Contact Ray Mann, 3M Fall Protection Technical Service, at 704-743-2406 for product return information.

3M remains committed to providing quality products and services to our customers. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this situation may cause you.

Thank you for your continued support and use of 3M products and services.