Tags: safety
Missouri in top five for measuring transportation performance
- June 9, 2011
Missouri is one of the top five states in the nation in using performance measures — such as safety, on-time and on-budget construction projects, and improved traffic ...
Rock Law
- May 8, 2011
It’s time to set aside hyperbole and focus on whatever drives safety reform.
Staying Alive Forecast 2011
- January 3, 2011
The margins are slim and the competition is fierce, but producers who survived the economic downturn see slivers of hope on the horizon.
House doesn’t pass the Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2010
- December 9, 2010
On Dec. 9, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 214-193 against the Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2010. Because the measure was taken up by ...
2010 ACRI Seminar
- July 20, 2010
Learn how to deal with MSHA inspections, legal affairs, and safety and health issues.
MSHA publishes excavator guidance
- July 20, 2010
On July 13, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published a new bulletin, Program Information Bulletin No. P10-09, regarding safety measures to be taken while operating ...
MSHA launches roof fall prevention safety initiative
- June 2, 2010
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) this week launched its annual roof fall prevention awareness program aimed at reducing the high number ...
Ditch Witch launches new safety program
- April 16, 2010
The Ditch Witch organization has launched Ditch Witch Safe, a new safety program designed to provide timely, substantive safety information for crews working on jobsites on a ...
Illinois aggregate producers given safety awards
- March 29, 2010
Illinois aggregate producers received safety awards during the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), Office of Mines and Minerals/Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Thaw State Grants ...
MSHA gives Fisher Sand & Gravel three safety awards
- January 27, 2010
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company, based out of Dickinson, N.D., with operations throughout the western U.S., was recently recognized by the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s Mine Safety ...
Fisher Sand & Gravel receives MSHA safety awards
- January 21, 2010
Dickinson, N.D.-based Fisher Sand & Gravel Company, was recognized by the U.S. Deptartment of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Rocky Mountain District, with three awards ...
North Central Regional Mine Rescue Contest
- January 11, 2010
Location: International Union of Operating Engineers Apprenticeship and Skills Improvement training facility, Wilmington, Ill.
Sponsor: Mine Safety & Health Administration
Contact: Bill Pomroy, 218-720-5448
Expect Enforcement
- January 1, 2010
New agency leaders put the industry on notice.
By Henry Chajet and Christa Lee Rock
“It’s time to put the ‘H’ for ‘Health’ back in ‘MSHA,’” Dr. Greg ...
January 2010 – Information Library
- January 1, 2010
Information Library
by Kerry Clines, Senior Editor
Online x-ray product testing
Customers can now see their products passing through the Eriez E-Z Tec X-Ray Inspection System live online, eliminating the ...
Straight Talk on Safety
- November 4, 2009
by Therese Dunphy, Editor-in-Chief
During the last 12 months, aggregate producers have faced challenges unprecedented throughout the nearly 20 years I have covered this industry. The nation’s economy ...
MSHA issues October alert
- October 2, 2009
The Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) issued a Fatal Alert for October stating that the last 10 years, metal/non-metal mines have experienced more fatal accidents in ...
NSSGA’s safety & health awards
- August 20, 2009
On Sept. 1, the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) will begin accepting entries and nominations for its awards recognizing excellence in safety and health. Participation ...
MSHA enforcement alert
- July 9, 2009
According to one state association, one of its members recently received a citation from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) for failure to install handrails on a ...
Blasting & Explosives Safety Training Seminar
- July 8, 2009
Ram, Inc.'s Blasting & Explosives Safety Training (BEST) Seminar, South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, S.D.
MSHA offers $500,000 in safety grants
- July 1, 2009
The Mine Safety and Health Administration is offering $500,000 in grant money for mining operations — surface and underground that produce coal, metal, and minerals — to develop training ...
NSSGA Safety & Health Portal
- June 3, 2009
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) is now offering helpful safety and health topics through a Safety & Health portal on its Web site, www.nssga.org/safetyhealth/index.cfm. Check out this ...
Alert: Delayed Response on Parking Brake
- June 3, 2009
The automatic emergency-parking brakes on some Bucyrus 848 Un-A-Haulers may take 4 to 5 seconds to activate after the panic bar is hit, according to a safety ...
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- March 1, 2008
Gearing Up for a Safe Spring
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- December 1, 2007
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