The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on April 12, a 60-year-old customer truck driver was killed at Rye Dredge and Plant, Liberty County, Texas, when he fell from, and was run ...
... for Infrastructure for America.
MSHA WATCH
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) recently met with MSHA Administrator David Zatezalo, deputy secretaries and a senior advisor to ...
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on March 24, two miners were using a man-lift to charge (load) blast holes with non-electric blasting caps, 8-grain boosters and ammonium ...
... record low injury rate in 2017, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). This year’s rate is estimated at 1.74 per 200,000 hours worked, marking the 17th consecutive year that the ...
MSHA Chief Outlines Priorities to Congress - MSHA Reports First Fatality of the Year - MSHA Issues Serious Accident Alert for Crushers - MSHA Issues Serious Accident Alert for Fly Rock
MSHA Chief Outlines ...
... million in the prior year. For the full-year 2017, total revenues were $3.89 billion, an increase of $298 million, or 8 percent.
MSHA WATCH
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Administrator ...
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported the 13th fatality for calendar year 2017 in metal and nonmetal mining.
On Dec. 30, 2017, an employee in a pickup truck approached the quarry ...
... protection system along the American-Mexican border of the United States can be built at an affordable cost, within a briefer timeframe and provide better protection.
MSHA WATCH
The Mine Safety ...
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported the first fatality of 2018 in the metal/nonmetal sector.
On Jan. 25, 2018, an articulated haul truck at a CRH sand and gravel plant in Iowa ...
... is ready to team with general construction contractors, transportation and trucking associations and highway users to get the job done.
“A new MSHA administrator will also bring changes to the industry ...
... reported third quarter 2017 net income of $26.1 million and net income attributable to the common unitholders and general partner of $18.4 million.
MSHA WATCH
The Mine Safety and Health Administration ...
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported the 13th fatality for calendar year 2017 in metal and nonmetal mining.
On Dec. 30, 2017, an employee in a pickup truck approached the quarry ...
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Legislative
On Oct. 18, U.S. Congressman Rod Blum (R-Iowa) and State Representative Kristi Hager toured the Pattison Sand Co. operations in Clayton, Iowa.
MSHA
The Mine Safety and Health Administration ...
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Vulcan Up in Third Quarter
According to the company, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma negatively affected more than half of the company’s operational footprint in the third quarter.
MSHA WATCH
David ...
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported the ninth fatality of 2017 in the metal/nonmetal sector. The Fall of Material incident happened at Argos USA’s Roberta cement plant in Alabama. ...
... cleaners.
Customers benefit from regularly scheduled inspections by factory-trained and MSHA-certified technicians, providing operators with easy access to a wealth of data on the application, operating ...
... NSSGA’s AGG1 Academy, AGG1 Online webinars as well as MSHA Spring Thaw workshops on the West Coast in an effort to share the successes of his program with the entire aggregates industry.
The award will ...
... related associations and counsel the mining, quarrying, cement and mineral refining industries, and their equipment manufacturers, to respond to the “new” Federal Mine Safety and Health Act (MSHA) of 1977, ...
... Policy Forum
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association held its first Legislative & Policy Forum/Fall Board Meeting in Washington, D.C.
MSHA WATCH
David Zatezalo, a former coal-mining executive ...
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported the ninth fatality of 2017 in the metal/nonmetal sector. The Fall of Material incident happened at Argos USA's Roberta cement plant in Alabama ...
... economy and transform policy and regulation. This meeting also provides a venue for all NSSGA committees to meet.
Topics covered will include critical issues such as:
Waters of the U.S. rule.
MSHA’s ...
... of 2017, the company reported a net loss of $2.3 million compared to a net loss of $3.5 million in the second quarter of 2016.
MSHA WATCH
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration ...
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is reporting that on Sept. 5, 2017, a 20-year-old plant operator with 23 weeks of experience was fatally injured at a sand and gravel mine. The victim was ...
... Rio Medina Quarry in San Antonio, Texas. The quarry will be recognized for 12 years without an reportable injury (based on MSHA data).
These awards, along with the Grassroots and the Platinum Environmenta ...
... NSSGA’s AGG1 Academy, AGG1 Online webinars and MSHA Spring Thaw workshops on the West Coast in an effort to share the successes of his program with the entire aggregates industry.
The award will be presente ...
... injury in their size category, based on data provided by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
The winners are:
Small: Oldcastle Inc., Tilcon Connecticut/Southington Sand and Pit, New ...
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced it is extending the effective date of the agency’s final rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal ...
... per share of $0.47 on net income of $50.0 million, compared to basic earnings per share of $0.21 on net income of $13.4 million in the prior year period
MSHA WATCH
The U.S. Department of Labor’s ...
... NSSGA committees to meet.
Topics covered will include critical issues such as:
Waters of the U.S. rule.
MSHA’s workplace examinations rule.
Long-term highway funding.
NSSGA President and ...
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported a fatality at EP Management Corp.'s Celatom Plant, a nonmetallic minerals operation in Oregon. On July 14, a part-time mine employee was movin ...
The Kentucky Crushed Stone Association (KCSA) presented its 2016 safety awards at its Summer Meeting.
"The KCSA Safety Contest Awards are based on MSHAreportable injuries not lost-time injuries," th ...
... increase compared with the annual output for 2015. This was previously reported as 2.33 Gt.
MSHA WATCH
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced it is extending ...
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued a final report on a Fatal Fall of Ground (Rib/Back) accident that occurred on Jan. 25, 2017, at the Linwood Mine, Linwood Mining and Minerals Corp., ...
... Alexander Acosta to address regulations facing aggregates operations.
Specifically, the group detailed what it calls "the harmful effects of the upcoming MSHA workplace exam rule." The regulation, s ...
... revenues increased $33 million, or 4 percent, to $787 million.
MSHA WATCH
In the first three months of 2017, five miners died in accidents that occurred when they were working alone on mine property. ...
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is reporting that on June 8, 2017, a truck driver was operating a Caterpillar 777F haul truck, dumping a load of gravel, when the ground at the dump point ...
MSHA’s Working Alone Standard Has Virtually Nothing To Do With Recent Fatalities.
By Brian Hendrix
MSHA used its Quarterly Stakeholder Call in May to announce the launch of a “Working Alone Initiative.” ...
... one company, during February 2016. In total, 214 employees (n = 51; n = 92; and n = 71) participated. The surveys were administered during each site’s eight-hour MSHA annual refresher training in order ...
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is reporting the third metal/nonmetal mining fatality of the year.
On Friday, March 24, 2017, the victim, working at a New Mexico sand and gravel operation, ...
... economic optimism.
MSHA WATCH
The Mine Safety and Health Administration issued a “Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety Alert Preventing Fall of Person Accidents.” In the past decade, 29 miners have died ...
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on March 14, 2017, an independent owner/operator truck driver walked behind his raised end-dump trailer while dumping his load, and was engulfed ...
MSHA to Award Grants for Mine Safety Education, Training - NSSGA Announces Gold Safety Awards - MSHA Issues Close Call Accident Alert
MSHA to Award Grants for Mine Safety Education, Training
The ...
... can afford to do what is needed for our infrastructure.”
MSHA was once again on the mind of some survey respondents. One person said, “MSHA is a big problem. They do not do much for safety. More an anti-capitalist, ...
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MSHA WATCH
Despite opposition, the Mine Safety and Health Administration appears poised to press forward with the planned rollout and enforcement of its final rule on workplace examinations. The ...
... efficiency for buildings, according to the company.
MSHA WATCH
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced federal inspectors issued 132 citations and two orders during special impact ...
... without a reportable injury in their size category, based on data provided by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
Safety Excellence Gold Award Recipients
Small: Tilcon Connecticut ...
... and advice is more readily available. One does not have to wake up a supervisor or manager to evaluate an unexpected development. Most MSHA inspections occur on day shift. We would expect that if the right ...
... things, it requires anyone bidding on a federal contract to report violations of virtually any labor law (except MSHA) as part of the bidding process. Those violations (even if still unproven) would then ...