ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017 and IFPE are teaming up to unveil the world’s first fully functional 3-D printed construction excavator and the first large-scale use of steel in 3-D printing, known as additive manufacturing. The excavator, which will be on display at the joint trade shows in March 2017, will bring to life how technology is transforming the construction industry in line…
Read MoreDay: June 14, 2016
MSHA Enhancing Enforcement of ‘Rules to Live By’
In a meeting with mining industry stakeholders, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that the agency is enhancing enforcement of its “Rules to Live By” initiative of standards commonly cited following mining deaths.
Read MoreMassachusetts Producer Settles with MSHA
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced a global settlement with Worcester Sand and Gravel Co. Inc. of Shrewsbury, Mass., to resolve citations and orders in three separate dockets. An administrative law judge with the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission approved the settlements amounting to $181,200, the largest penalty amounts recovered from a…
Read MoreEAJA Fees Not Available Where Secretary Vacated Seven Citations
By Ellen Smith A small limestone operator is not entitled to EAJA fees where the Secretary vacated seven citations issued against the operator after the MSHA inspector was no longer available to testify at a hearing, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled April 19.
Read MoreThe Bad Samaritan
A Look At The Bystander Effect And How It Occurs In The Workplace. By Randy K Logsdon
Read MoreNew Construction Falls in April; Highways Rise
While New Construction Starts Fell in a Rut in April, Highway and Bridge Work Goes Up. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MoreClean Diesel: Fueling a Decade of Change
The Shift To Cleaner Diesel Fuel Has Led To Major Environmental Accomplishments. Ten years after the introduction of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel in 2006, the Diesel Technology Forum recognizes the role of the shift to cleaner diesel fuel and its importance in the major environmental accomplishments that were celebrated during National Clean Air Month last month.
Read MoreNo One Accepts Fatalities, Injuries or Illnesses as Cost of Doing Business
By R. Brian Hendrix Our mines and our miners have never been safer. Injury and illness rates across all sectors of the mining industry are at historic lows. The number of fatalities in 2015 dropped 38 percent from 2014. A miner is in a lot more danger driving to work than he is once he’s at work. Mining is not…
Read MorePERMITTING – JUNE 2016
VULCAN NOVA SCOTIA PROJECT MOVES FORWARD According to the Guysborough Journal, proponents of Vulcan Materials’ Black Point Quarry project were in a celebratory mood when Environment Minister Margaret Miller gave environmental approval to the plan for a 355-hectare quarry, with a marine terminal and loading facility in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. On April 26, Miller said that any adverse or significant…
Read MoreChoosing Rhetorical Battles
When It Comes To Persuasion, The State Of Mind Of The Audience Is More Significant Than The Argument. By Thomas J. Roach
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