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OSHA renews efforts to train, educate, and inspect machinery to help prevent amputations.

Now under production, the Gahcho Kué will be the world’s largest diamond mine. The project is a joint venture between Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. and De Beers Canada Inc., and they expect to sell the mine’s first diamond by the end of 2016.

MSHA announces “Stop and Take a Breath” campaign, for September 2016 to encourage mining safety. As part of the “Stop and Take a Breath” campaign, miners across the US will have a chance to talk to MSHA inspectors, who will be engaging coal miners and mine operators in “walk and talks.”

OSHA announced recently it will delay enforcing the crystalline silica standard that applies to the construction industry. The final crystalline silica ruling was published in March 2016, with an original enforcement date of June 23, 2017. The enforcement date is now September 23, 2017.

Now in his new role as U.S. Secretary of Labor, Alexander Acosta joined international labor and employment leaders who represent approximately 85% of the world's global economy at the G20 Labor and Employment Ministers' Meeting, held in Germany in May.

The Silver Eagle Refinery explosion released a tidal wave of broken glass. Homes were pushed off their foundations and countless workers were burned in the Utah-based petroleum refinery when a 10-inch pipe ruptured at the bottom of a reactor.

OSHA has published a new training resource to help small businesses comply with the 2015 Confined Spaces in Construction Standard.

Gastech is a large show with great opportunities to look at what the next generation of the gas technology industry has to offer.