About Us
We are a family owned and operated business and have been in the Mining Safety industry for over 19 years. The business was started by Richard C. Larch and passed down to his son Doug who has expanded the business nationally. In addition to Doug, all of our instructors are qualified by MSHA to teach surface and/or underground as well as MSHA Train the Trainer and Medic First Aid. Our Instructors are former MSHA Inspectors, Industry, or Education Specialists and it is through experience like this we can ensure the services we provide foster a safe and productive environment.
The services we provide will help you and your employees make the most of either Part 46 or Part 48 Annual Refresher, Safety Audits, Industrial Hygiene Sampling, and/or First Aid Training.
It is really just that simple! Professional qualified mining safety experts providing professional services. Our services are not just different they are better!
We would love to help your operation today!
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About Our Owner
Douglas C. Larch is as passionate a safety professional as there is. In his over 20 year career in mining and has had the priviledge to work in many facets of mining. After being honorably discharged from the US Coast Guard in 1994, Doug began his mining career as a laborer at the Glamis Rand Mine in Randsburg CA. Through the years he has done many things including; equipment operator, Plant Foreman, Safety Representative, CAL/OSHA Safety Engineer, MSHA Inspector, Safety Manager, and finally Business Owner.
Experience like this is what sets US Mine Safety apart. Doug is a Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the International Society of Mine Safety Professionals (ISMSP), a member of the Planning Committee for the Annual MSHA South Central Joint Mine Conference, and is an active member in the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Society Central Texas Chapter. In 2012 he recieved the Safety Leadership Award from the ISMSP.
In years past Doug has been asked to give safety presentations at South Central Joint Mine Conference, Joseph A. Holmes Texas conference as well as numerous MSHA Spring Thaw events, and in 2010 was asked to comment at a public hearing on a proposed rule on Injury Illness Prevention Programs (I2P2) legislation.
Doug is an expert in Mining Safety. But not unlike other miners he too has a higher purpose - his wife and six children. It is this purpose that drives him to build and instill safety in others. Through a commitment to safety we can ensure everyone goes home at the end of the shift to their own personal higher purpose.
