Lehigh Hanson Inc. was recognized by CIO magazine as one of the 2014 CIO 100 companies. The 27th annual award program honors organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology (IT).
Read MoreMonth: June 2014
Volvo L250H Wheel Loader
The Volvo L250H wheel loader is a high production machine designed to deliver excellent productivity and profitability inapplications including quarry, mining and heavy infrastructure. Operators will experience short cycle times, high breakout force and excellent controllability with this heavy-duty machine. Specifically in North America, the wheel loader is perfectly matched to on-highway trucks, and the L250H will load a 25-ton…
Read MoreMSHA Issues Mine Fatality Data; Convenes Meeting
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) released a summary of U.S. mining deaths that occurred during the first quarter of 2014. From Jan. 1 to March 31, eight miners died in accidents in the U.S. mining industry. Three were killed in coal mining accidents and five in metal and nonmetal mining accidents. The previous quarter…
Read MoreOperators Must File Accident Reports of Contractors Under Their Control
By Ellen Smith The unambiguous language of accident reporting requirements of §50.20(a) impose an unconditional duty of operators to submit accident reports to MSHA when contractor employees are injured at the operator’s mine when those employees are under the control of the operator, according to a ruling of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Read MorePrinciple Number Three: Compliance = Safety
This is the third in a series of six columns exploring traditional principles of safety. Previous parts were entitled: “Safety First” and “Safety is Just Common Sense.” – Ed.
Read MoreCarmeuse Fuel Project Earns International Award
By Mark S. Kuhar Carmeuse’s alternative fuel project at its Grand River, Ohio, operation has earned the “Outstanding Alternative Fuel Project” award at the 8th Global CemFuels 2014 Conference, held in Vienna, Austria, at the end of February.
Read MoreA Disturbing New Reality
We As An Industry Are Searching For the Answer to Increased Fatalities – So Is MSHA. By Mark Savit, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Read MoreApril Construction Advances 3 Percent
Highway Work Dropped 23 Percent while Bridge Construction Fell 43 Percent. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MorePermitting – June 2014
Quarry Has Issue Over Lack of PermitAn Elberton, Ga., mining company has filed a lawsuit against Rockdale County, Ga., according to the Rockdale Citizen, claiming that the Planning and Development Department is allowing a competing granite quarry to operate illegally and asking Rockdale Superior Court to shut it down. Broad River Quarries LLC, represented by Conyers attorneys John Nix and…
Read MoreYoung Guns Work for the Future
June 15, 2014 – More than 50 “young guns” in the transportation design and construction industry took part in an intensive “boot camp” introduction to the federal legislative and regulatory processes, and then descended on Capitol Hill last week to press their members of Congress to fix the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and pass a long-term surface transportation bill. They…
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