MSHA Details 35th Fatality of 2021

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Dec. 6, 2021, a miner at Palm Beach Aggregates LLC, Palm Beach, Fla., was fatally injured while he was working in a pan feeder under a chute.  While attempting to remove angle iron that blocked the chute’s gate from closing, he was engulfed by material that fell from a surge…

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Rocking the Right Load

MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM KEEPS PALM BEACH AGGREGATES ROLLING. By Mark S. Kuhar Palm Beach Aggregates in West Palm Beach, Fla., mines and processes approximately 2 million tpy of material. There is nothing worse in the aggregate business than loading the wrong materials into the wrong truck. The time and money lost from wrong loads, overloaded trucks and wasted material during…

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