Tag: Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Autonomous vehicles and MSHA

April 8, 2019 By 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, 2019 By 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, 2018 By 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, 2018 By 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, 2018 By 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, 2018 By William Doran and Margo Lopez

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

Things to consider if OSHA’s silica dust rule affects you

April 2, 2018 By Kevin Yanik

An Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) rule on respirable crystalline silica is coming down in June for general industry and maritime.

Ruling gives OSHA some jurisdiction in mines

December 19, 2017 By Kevin Yanik

A court ruling says the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) can investigate and fine federally regulated mines for safety violations involving non-mining operations.

OSHA’s new silica standard and the aggregate industry

October 16, 2017 By Kevin Yanik

What are the ramifications for aggregate operations now that OSHA is enforcing a new silica standard for construction?