National Public Radio (NPR) interviewed Mark Ellis, president of the National Industrial Sand Association (NISA), about the delayed rulemaking for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) crystalline silica standard. The rule has been under review by the White House’s Office...More>>

MSHA launched the third phase of an outreach and enforcement program designed to strengthen efforts to prevent mining fatalities. Rules to Live By III: Preventing Common Mining Deaths will focus on 14 safety standards that were chosen because violations related to each have been cited as...More>>

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms representing management, was named the first “Law Firm of the Year” in Litigation – Labor & Employment in the 2011-12 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings. Pit &...More>>

Federal inspectors issued 374 citations, orders and safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 18 coal mines and two metal/nonmetal mines in September, MSHA announced. The coal mines were issued 292 citations, 28 orders and one safeguard, while the metal/nonmetal operations were...More>>

Pete Lien, president of Pete Lien & Sons Inc. in Rapid City, S.D., told the House Subcommittee on Energy and Commerce that impractical attempts by the federal government to control natural dust sources could cause catastrophic job losses in an industry that already has been battered by the economic...More>>

John Deere Power Systems’ three models in its lineup of 56 kW (75 hp) to 130 kW (174 hp) off-highway diesel engines have been certified as compliant with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Interim Tier 4, European Union (EU) Stage III B and California Air Resources Board (CARB) emissions...More>>

The clock is ticking for Lehigh Southwest Cement Co.’s Permanente Quarry in Cupertino, Calif.More>>

Federal inspectors issued 222 citations, orders and safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 12 coal mines and two metal/nonmetal mines in June, MSHA announced. The coal mines were issued 154 citations, 12 orders and three safeguards, while the metal/nonmetal operations were issued...More>>

Lakeview Rock Products wants to spread its good news to help other operators.More>>

With support from NSSGA and other national organizations, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011. The bill provides clear protections for states’ EPA-approved water quality standards and permitting authority under the Clean Water Act....More>>