Editors’ Blog
Legal notebook: Avoid assumptions, keep records
Don't presume, assume or anticipate anything without first planning or analyzing data. That's one of the messages Jeff Friedman, an attorney at Friedman, Dazzio, Zulanas & Bowling, P.C., offered aggregate producers during an educational session at the 2015 Quarry Academy… Keep Reading
MSHA’s Main weighs in on examination guidance, ‘Rules To Live By’
Pit & Quarry had the opportunity to ask Joe Main, assistant secretary of labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), about the agency's latest preparatory mine emergency efforts and the status of proposed amendments to the civil penalty… Keep Reading
MSHA decision on civil penalty regulation still to come
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has proposed amending its civil penalty regulation to simplify the criteria, which would promote consistency, objectivity and efficiency in the proposed assessment of civil penalties and facilitate the resolution of enforcement issues, according… Keep Reading
Mine rescue emerges at forefront of MSHA agenda
Mine rescue enhancement was among the items at the top of Joe Main's to-do list when he took office six years ago as the assistant secretary of labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). The Upper Big Branch… Keep Reading
Luck Cos. officially launches Luck Ecosystems division
Luck Stone analyzed its quarry byproducts about two decades ago and tried to come up with ways to reuse them. One route Luck Stone took was to partner with Virginia Tech’s Department of Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences to determine… Keep Reading
Volvo shows Halloween spirit through pumpkin carving
Who knew Halloween and construction could go together? Volvo Construction Equipment found a creative way to combine the two – through pumpkin carving templates. The company offers free templates for you to carve an articulated hauler, excavator or wheel loader… Keep Reading
Fall brings rise in accidents
The Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) points out that this time of year brings an increase in accidents, often while moving equipment into storage and breaking down equipment for major repairs. It is in the fall, says MSHA, that… Keep Reading
Sand quarry to become fossil dig site
Quarry workers and paleontologists have regularly found prehistoric fossils and dinosaur bones at the Inversand Quarry in Mantua, N.J. “We’ve been seeing fossils there since we started mining almost 80 years ago,” says Tom Carrocino, Inversand’s president. The Inversand Quarry… Keep Reading
Vulcan quarry transforms to natural environment
Few hiking trails pass through active quarry sites. Yet, a hiking trail that stretches about half a mile is available for visitors in the middle of Vulcan Materials Co.’s Azusa Rock Quarry in Azusa, Calif. According to Vulcan, the trail… Keep Reading
