Tag: Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Crusher operators undoubtedly deal with as much noise as anyone within an aggregate operation. Photo by Kevin Yanik

Monitoring workplace noise to improve employee health

June 28, 2019By Justin Stewart

Technology can play a key role in the long-term health of your employees, but some operations need to first understand and consider exactly what’s at stake.

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

May 9, 2019By Edited by Kevin Yanik

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

Autonomous vehicles and MSHA

April 8, 2019By William Doran and Margo Lopez

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

Specific requirements, precautions and hazards associated with impact crusher equipment operation and the general work area must be communicated to, and understood by, everyone involved in the operation. Photo: Stedman

The 5 hazardous co-workers around crushers

January 29, 2019By Eric Marcotte

Working alongside impact crushers and other key quarry equipment is dangerous when the wrong attitude is brought to the task.

MSHA Assistant Secretary David Zatezalo addressed seat belt safety earlier this year at the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s Annual Convention, stating that it is very difficult to enforce. Says Zatezalo: “I would tell you from my own experience that my father would never wear a seat belt. Toward the end of his life I bought him a car and he started wearing a seat belt. He said the dings and alarms made it easier to put the seat belt on.” Photo courtesy of the NSSGA

Workplace exams, streamlining and scofflaws

December 19, 2018By William Doran and Margo Lopez

Ogletree Deakins’ Bill Doran and Margo Lopez offer a report on the Mine Safety & Health Administration activity in 2018.

Inspector sign-in standards

October 5, 2018By Margo Lopez and William Doran

Ogletree Deakins’ Bill Doran and Margo Lopez discuss sign-in standards for Mine Safety & Health Administration inspectors at aggregate operations.

Seeking clarity on crystalline silica

August 10, 2018By Joe McCarthy

The new Occupational Safety & Health Administration rule blurs the compliance line for a number of industry companies.

Religious fasting: A legal issue for operators?

July 13, 2018By William Doran and Margo Lopez

Accommodations producers should make for employees celebrating Ramadan and other religious occasions that raise safety concerns on the job.