Seems like I just got used to writing 2018 and I have to change again. For those of you who get course announcements please forgive any 2018’s that show up on dates and assume I’m not training in the past and it should be the current year! Course announcements come out more or less monthly and if you can attend a class in SE Pennsylvania and want to get notices email me. You can also see the current schedule and sign up for classes here.
Every new year brings challenges more difficult than getting the number right. Safety is a never ending challenge. Mining has been getting increasingly safer, but the fewer workers who are hurt or killed the harder it is to improve that number. Assistant Secretary of MSHA Zatezalo made this point well at the Mine Safety Academy in October when he said we are close to our goal, but just as in football the game changes when you’re a few yards from the end zone. We have to change our game too if we’re going to improve from here on. How are you going to change your game this year?