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The Mine Safety & Health Administration's illumination standard at 30 C.F.R. §56.17001. That standard requires “illumination sufficient to provide safe working conditions [that] shall be provided in and on all surface structures, paths, walkways, stairways, switch panels, loading and dumping sites, and work areas.” Photo: ictor/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Shedding light on MSHA’s illumination standard

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Given the subjective nature of this Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) standard, mine personnel sometimes feel inspectors make things up as they go. Keep Reading

EPA under the Trump administration argued that the Navigable Waters Protection rule ended decades of uncertainty over where federal jurisdiction begins and ends. Photo: P&Q Staff

NSSGA joins coalition in fight against WOTUS rule

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) joined several other organizations in filing a complaint in a U.S. district court over the latest waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule. Keep Reading

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Returning to work in a new world

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In the new mining environment, operators are confronted with a series of challenges to reassure their people that the workplace is safe. Keep Reading

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Best practices for when MSHA requests documents

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Operators are understandably not enthusiastic about turning over materials to the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA), so preparation is key in the event the agency makes such a request. Keep Reading

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Foreshadowing asbestos legal challenges

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Asbestos-in-talc litigation is up significantly of late, meaning aggregate producers should consider potential parallels to their products. Keep Reading

Legal counsel in accident investigations

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All fatalities at a mine must be reported, even if due to natural causes or non-mine events. Keep Reading

Legal notebook: Avoid assumptions, keep records

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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

Publication exhibits poor judgment in attack on industry

People trespass into abandoned quarries every now and then. Occasionally, trespassers get injured or killed because of the risks they take. Yet, the property owners are to blame. At least that's the logic of the opinion staff at The Express-Times… Keep Reading

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