Does Class Size Really Matter? Worker Education And Training During And After The Pandemic. This is the latest in a series of safety articles contributed by Joseph P. McGuire, PhD. This article is co-written by Lucas Simpson, BS, CS. Previous articles have also included contributions from Emily Haas, PhD, a research health scientist for NIOSH.
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Infrastructure Vote Halted; Extension Passed
The House has passed yet another short-term extension of highway and transit construction programs that are set to expire on Sunday in order to avert thousands of worker furloughs and halted projects.
Read MoreMergers and Acquisitions
Several Blockbuster Deals And A Few Smaller Ones Highlight The Mergers And Acquisitions Landscape In The Aggregates Industry.
Read MoreMineral Commodity Summaries
Snapshots For The Crushed Stone, Construction Sand And Gravel, Industrial Sand, Cement, Lime And Gypsum Markets. Each mineral commodity chapter of the 2021 edition of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Commodity Summaries (MCS) includes information on events, trends and issues for each mineral commodity. The MCS is the earliest comprehensive source of 2020 mineral production data for the world.…
Read MoreTop Aggregates Producers
Here Are The Top Crushed Stone, And Sand And Gravel Producers In The United States, According To The U.S. Geological Survey. Also available to download here.
Read MoreStop and Smell the Coffee
By Mark S. Kuhar Sept. 29 was National Coffee Day. We all like our coffee, right? The good people at YETI – makers of the most indestructible cooler known to man – reached out to Rock Products and asked us to field test their coffee tumblers. I was very happy to oblige. The YETI Rambler family of tumblers is tough…
Read MoreMSHA’s Response to President Biden’s Vaccine ‘Mandate’
MSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeannette Galanis, Informed Stakeholders That MSHA Would Not Issue An ETS. By Brian Hendrix Writing yet another column about the COVID-19 pandemic was high on my “To Don’t” list. You may feel the same way about reading another column about the pandemic. Yet, here we are, and we have President Biden to thank or to blame…
Read MoreDealing With Machiavellians
Almost Every Public Relations Problem Is The Result Of The Public Discovering That Some Companies Aren’t What They Profess To Be. By Thomas J. Roach
Read MoreWhere Are You Going Now?
The Pandemic Caused A Seismic Shift In Our World And Our Dreams. By Steve Schumacher
Read MorePutting Kids on a Better Path
Texas Aggregates And Concrete Association Members Provide Bikes For Disadvantaged Youth. By Therese Dunphy
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