Mine Safety & Health Administration

MSHA is intensifying its approach to workplace health. Photo by Joe McCarthy.

MSHA renews its focus on health

Margo Lopez and William Doran Published May 17, 2019

Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez explore the intensifying focus on health by the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA). Keep Reading

MSHA awards safety grant to University of Nebraska at Kearney

Zach Mentz Published May 13, 2019

The Mine Safety & Health Administration awarded a $92,000 grant to the Nebraska Safety Center to assist the University of Nebraska at Kearney in training the state's mining industry. Keep Reading

Employee safety should always be the first priority when resuming operations in the spring. Photo courtesy of Mellott Company.

Starting up your operation this spring

Edited by Kevin Yanik Published May 9, 2019

After the long offseason, checking a site’s conditions and crushing equipment is essential for aggregate operations to successfully resume. Keep Reading

Scepaniak was brought up in the family company by his father, Joe, who taught him the ins and outs of the aggregate industry along with his cousin, Tony. Photo courtesy of Wm. D. Scepaniak.

P&Q Profile: Wm. D. Scepaniak’s John Scepaniak

P&Q Staff Published Apr 23, 2019

In this exclusive interview, P&Q chats with John Scepaniak, the project manager of Wm. D. Scepaniak, about current projects, contract crushing and more. Keep Reading

Bill Doran says there is a different atmosphere around MSHA now that Assistant Secretary David Zatezalo is leading the agency centered on mine safety and health. Photo courtesy of PamElla Lee Photography.

Dissecting MSHA’s 2019 agenda

P&Q Staff Published Apr 22, 2019

The tone coming out of the Mine Safety & Health Administration shifted under the current administration, but frontline changes are slow to surface. Keep Reading

NSSGA President and CEO Michael Johnson, right, with P&Q’s Kevin Yanik during the Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference. Photo courtesy of PamElla Lee Photography.

The latest on legislative & government affairs

P&Q Staff Published Apr 19, 2019

Michael Johnson, president and CEO of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, discussed developments in Washington at the 2019 P&Q Roundtable & Conference. Keep Reading

Grant funding available from MSHA

Zach Mentz Published Apr 18, 2019

The Brookwood-Sago grants from the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) focus on powered haulage safety. Keep Reading

Aggregate producers are raising concerns as MSHA merges coal inspectors with the metal/nonmetal mining sector. Photo by Kevin Yanik

Aggregate producers reflect on ‘One MSHA’ initiative

P&Q Staff Published Apr 12, 2019

A number of producers are troubled by the shift of Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) inspectors from the coal side to metal/nonmetal the initiative. Keep Reading

Autonomous vehicles and MSHA

William Doran and Margo Lopez Published Apr 8, 2019

Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez examine evolving aggregate industry tech and how the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) will respond. Keep Reading