Safety
Mack Trucks sponsoring highway safety program in 2014
Mack Trucks is sponsoring the Share the Road highway safety program for the 12th straight year next year. According to a press release, Share the Road utilizes professional truck drivers with exemplary safety records to educate people about safe following… Keep Reading
Three miners die in aggregates plants in one week
Three aggregates workers died at stone, sand and gravel facilities in a one-week span in late September. According to MSHA, the first miner died in Kentucky when he fell into a hopper at a quarry. The victim was attempting to… Keep Reading
MSHA demands for company files
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held in Big Ridge v. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission that Congress gave MSHA powerful tools to protect miners, and that those tools include demands to inspect documents.… Keep Reading
MSHA guide published to educate miner reps
MSHA released a guide for miner representatives that will be available as a handbook and an online resource. According to MSHA, the "Miners' Representative Guide" is a comprehensive tool that expands on the "Guide to Miners' Rights and Responsibilities," which… Keep Reading
Mine safety the topic of Canadian symposium
The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) and the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy & Petroleum (CIM) are jointly hosting a symposium Oct. 20-22 on safety and reliability. The symposium, "Safety In Mining: A Reliable Operation Is A Safe… Keep Reading
New ARTBA chairman outlines plans for association
Doug Black, president and COO of Oldcastle Inc., was elected 2013-14 chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The election was announced during the association’s national convention Sept. 8-10 in Milwaukee. According to a press release, Black… Keep Reading
OSHA proposes new standards to limit crystalline silica exposure
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed a rule to curb lung cancer, silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney disease in American workers. OSHA seeks to lower worker exposure to crystalline silica, which, according to a press release,… Keep Reading
Aggregate Industries hosts search-and-rescue exercise
Aggregate Industries and the International Rescue Dog Organization, based in Austria, put on a search-and-rescue test at the Aggregate Industries K-9 Testing Facility in Littleton, Mass. Rescue dogs and their handlers underwent rigorous testing, including a search for volunteer human… Keep Reading
MSHA releases mid-year fatality report
Eighteen miners died in work-related accidents at U.S. mines during the first half of 2013, according to MSHA. Of the 18, nine were killed in the metal and nonmetal mining sector. One of the metal/nonmetal miners died in a fall… Keep Reading
