Mine Cutting Machine Operator Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) Worksheet

These workers operate machinery such as longwall shears, plows, and cutting machines to cut or channel along the face or seams of coal mines, stone quarries, or other mining surfaces to facilitate blasting, separating, or removing minerals or materials from mines or the ground. Using this app to perform a job safety analysis ensures that mine cutting and mining machine operators can note each of the job steps and tasks involved in their jobs, the potential hazards associated with those job tasks, and risk mitigation and hazard controls that can help to temper those risks. Equipment operators in mines are subject to all sorts of hazards, and through this app, understanding these hazards can be done as the first step in ensuring the safety and health of workers. The use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by a mining machine operator can be noted easily, and those involved in extracting mineral products and metal processing in mines can feel confident that their safety is a priority of mining companies.