Being Assertive With Co-Workers That Bother You Is Worth The Effort. By Steve Schumacher
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Focusing on the Positives
Transportation funding is still slogging through Congress like a turtle through quicksand, and it looks as if another extension is going to be the temporary law of the land.
Read MoreFirst Look – June 2015
Vulcan Reports Aggregate Gains – Young Leaders Meet – Martin Marietta Registers Huge Increases
Read MoreOff-Highway Diesel Fuel
The national estimated average price-per-gallon for off-highway diesel fuel as of June 5 is $2.623. That is higher than the previous comparison price-per-gallon of $2.613.
Read MoreA Book About Modern Earthmoving Marvels
By Mark S. Kuhar When you are in the construction media, you get to know many editors from other publications. One of the good guys in the construction media is Frank Raczon, senior editor of Construction Equipment magazine, a Scranton Gillette Communications publication. Frank recently co-authored a book called “Caterpillar: Modern Earthmoving Marvels,” for Motorbooks. For this book, he details…
Read MoreMSHA Reports March Impact Inspections, Q1 Fatalities
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 188 citations and two orders as a result of special impact inspections conducted at 13 coal mines and seven metal and nonmetal mines in March.
Read More‘Reckless Disregard’ Finding Upheld for Failing to Report Injury
By Ellen Smith Signal Peak Energy in Musselshell County, Mont., was found to have acted with “reckless disregard” when it failed to immediately report an accident where a miner sustained serious injuries. The Commission fined the operator $60,000 – the statutory maximum fine allowed under the Mine Act at the time the accident occurred on Dec. 23, 2009.
Read MoreRocket Science – Made Simple
By Randy K. Logsdon Sometimes, when stumped by a problem, it pays to take a few moments, step back and refocus on the basics. If that problem is determining an effective injury reduction strategy, the approach to a solution may be shrouded by the complexity of an array of contributing causes – so-called root causes and other analyses.
Read MoreKeeping Your Dust Under Control, the Economical Way
By Bill Campbell We all know that dust control is a challenging problem for onsite management of aggregate facilities. The time and expense required to maintain an environmentally friendly work area can get costly, and the threat of expensive citations can be troublesome. A comprehensive chemical treatment program, used properly, can minimize dust for extended periods of time and reduce…
Read MoreNew Construction Starts Slide 13 percent
Public Works Categories Showed Across-The-Board Gains; Highway And Bridge Construction Surged 30 Percent. By Mark S. Kuhar
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