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Mining Product: The Sky is Falling
Keywords: Education and training Highwalls Surface mining
Original creation date: August 2004
Authors: NIOSH
Video - August 2004
Download ZIP file with WMV video and SRT captions (38 minutes)View on YouTube (8:34 mins.)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20025505
NIOSH 2004 Aug; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-161D, video, 2004: Video (38 mins.)
This video can be streamed from YouTube or a ZIP file containing a WMV file and a SRT closed caption file can be downloaded for local playback when streaming is not feasible. To use the ZIP file, download it to your computer and expand the contents into a folder of your choice. The SRT caption file will provide closed captions when using a compatible media player.
This video tackles the issue of highwall safety in surface mining and construction. The storyline follows investigative reporter Gerald Rivers on a five-day special report to substantiate rumors of falling sky in the Western U.S. Filmed on location at surface operations in Wyoming and Nevada, the video covers five basic areas: Blasting Safety, Personal Protective Equipment, Anatomy of a Highwall, Common Equipment on Surface Sites, and Common Signs of Hazardous Conditions. Through Gerald's misguided attempts at news gathering we learn the truth about highwall safety from the experts - the miners.
Mr. Rivers proposes a series of far-fetched theories as to why the sky is falling in scattered areas around the country. His desire for recognition and fame take precedence over finding out "the truth," but throughout the week, a series of experts from the mine sites instruct him as to what is really going on (that is, about mines and mine safety). The weeklong news-story format allows the video to be broken into five segments, enabling a trainer to show the video in sections and add information to augment the lessons provided. Specific lessons inc1ude: 1. Blasting safety, personal protective equipment; 2. Anatomy of a highwall, common equipment on surface sites; 3. Common signs of hazardous conditions, weather, berms; 4. Personal responsibility for safety; and, 5. Old workings, undercuts.
*Total runtime: 38:45*
Video cover imageVideo - August 2004
Download ZIP file with WMV video and SRT captions (38 minutes)View on YouTube (8:34 mins.)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20025505
NIOSH 2004 Aug; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-161D, video, 2004: Video (38 mins.)
This video can be streamed from YouTube or a ZIP file containing a WMV file and a SRT closed caption file can be downloaded for local playback when streaming is not feasible. To use the ZIP file, download it to your computer and expand the contents into a folder of your choice. The SRT caption file will provide closed captions when using a compatible media player.
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Page last reviewed: November 15, 2017
Page last updated: November 12, 2013
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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