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MSHA, OSHA share 2017 budget details
U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez released the president’s 2017 budget for the Department of Labor, which supports the president’s plan to train workers for jobs of the future and bolster the economic and retirement security of working families. Find… Keep Reading
MSHA, OSHA chiefs offer further 2017 budget proposal details
Joe Main, assistant secretary of labor for the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) provides additional details on the agency's 2017 budget request in a blog post on the Department of Labor's website. According to Main, the 2017 budget request… Keep Reading
Cleaning up its act
It’s a piece of legislation that is sure to get vetoed if it passes the Senate, and would likely turn into a partisan mess if it ever actually became law, but the basic idea behind the SCRUB Act is a… Keep Reading
NSSGA commissions Pit & Quarry contributor for market forecast
S-C Market Analytics, a construction materials forecasting company whose chief economist contributes regularly to Pit & Quarry, produced a report commissioned by the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) about the anticipated impact of the FAST Act on aggregates… Keep Reading
MSHA: Mining deaths drop to all-time lows
Preliminary Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) data indicate that 28 miners died in 2015 in work-related accidents at U.S. mines. That figure is down from 45 in 2014. The 28 represent the fewest number of mining deaths ever recorded… Keep Reading
Obama signs 5-year, $305B highway bill into law
President Obama signed the five-year, $305 billion highway bill Friday that Congress passed one day earlier. The bill, called the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, represents the first long-term national transportation spending package since SAFETEA-LU expired in 2009. "This… Keep Reading
Industry quickly reacts to the FAST Act
Passage of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act naturally drew a mostly positive response from industry stakeholders. Here's how a few people with surface transportation infrastructure interests reacted to the multi-year highway bill. Mike Johnson, NSSGA: “This critical bill… Keep Reading
MSHA commemorates National Mining Day
Joe Main, assistant secretary of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), shared the following op-ed with Pit & Quarry in commemoration of National Mining Day: As the saying goes, "If it isn’t grown, it must be mined." And each… 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
