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Mine Safety and Health - Accident Notification

MINE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION LIST

Director of the Division of Labor Standards
(573) 751-3403       Office

Assistant Director Mine and Cave Safety
(573) 751-3403       Office
(573) 680-6205       Cellular

Mine Safety and Health Administration - Rolla Field Office
Contact Person: Field Office Supervisor

(573) 364-8282       Office
(573) 308-7339       Cellular
(573) 308-5972       Cellular

Mine Safety and Health Administration - South Central District Office
Contact Person: District Manager or Assistant District Manager

(214) 767-8401       Office

MINE RESCUE ASSISTANCE
The Doe Run Company
Contact Person #1: Bob Roscoe (573) 689-4517 Office
(573) 244-3299 Home
(314) 614-8402 Cellular
Contact Person #2: Denis Murphy (573) 689-4504 Office
(573) 431-6849 Home
(314) 954-3664 Cellular
Contact Person #3: Larry Hampton (573) 924-2222 Ext. 2457 Office
(573) 663-7614 Home
(573) 429-5247 Cellular
Lafarge North America Inc.
Contact Person #1: Mike Marksberry (816) 257-3665 Office
(816) 564-5588 Cellular
Contact Person #2: Charles Scott (816) 796-7740 Office
(816) 694-7029 Cellular
Mississippi Lime Company
Contact Person #1: Jeff Gurley (573) 883-4013 Office
(573) 883-8866 Home
(573) 579-2590 Cellular
Contact Person #2: Rick Donovan (573) 883-4044 Office
(573) 579-1248 Cellular
University of Missouri at Rolla
Contact Person: Jim Taylor (573) 341-6406 UMR Office
(573) 364-6471 Home

EMERGENCY PROCEDURE
AND NOTIFICATION POLICY
MINING ACCIDENTS

If a mining or cave emergency or accident should occur, you should:

1.  Try to transfer the call to the Assistant Director for Mine and Cave Safety.  If he or she is unavailable, then give the call to the Director of the Division of Labor Standards.
 
2.  You should try to access all the information you can from the caller.
 
  a. Name of the caller: _______________________________________________________
 
  b. Telephone number where contact can be made:________________________________
 
  c. Name of the company where the accident happened:___________________________
 
  d. Address of the mine or cave:_______________________________________________
 
  e. Telephone at the mine or cave site:________________________________________
 
  f. Type of accident: (Identify one type)
     • Fire
     • Explosion
     • Fall of Roof
     • Flooding
     • Vehicular
 
  g. Are there any miners trapped?  Yes or No
 
  h. Are there any cavers trapped?  Yes or No

Then you should relay this information to the Assistant Director for Mine and Cave Safety, for further instructions.

(573) 751-3403     Office
(573) 680-6205     Cellular