Pit & Quarry, April 2014

action in federal court If a miner is discharged and MSHA believes the discharge was due to protected activity or status MSHA will take action to have the miner immediately reinstated to his or her job The miner will remain reinstated until all appeals have been exhausted which can take years Many times companies work out an agreement to pay the miner without a return to work No matter the outcome of a case none of this is refundable Sometimes when miners succeed their employers must pay the fees of private attorneys who represent them Employer precautions Mine managers need to fully understand miners rights They need to consider them whenever they are taking personnel actions Discipline job changes or discharges that appear warranted may not pass the test if a complaint of discrimination is later filed with MSHA If anyone in the company ever receives a letter from MSHA saying a complaint of discrimination will be investigated the company needs legal assistance immediately to preserve rights and ensure fair treatment P Q April Ad Index Advertiser Page Phone Website Amcast pg 46 888 993 2772 www amcastonline com American Mixers and Plants LLC pg 34 855 523 6050 www mixersandplants com ASGCO pg 23 601 821 0216 www asgco com Baldor Electric Co pg 9 479 646 4711 www baldor com Bailey Parks Urethane pg 46 800 238 7638 www baileyparks com C L Dews Sons Foundry Machinery pg 13 877 339 7339 www dewsfoundry com Canadian Business Conferences pg 53 800 721 3915 www canadian business conferences com Case Construction pg 25 866 542 2736 www casece com Crown Eable pg 10 902 245 2818 www crown eagle ca Douglas Mfg Co Inc pg 24 800 884 0064 www douglasmanufacturing com Emerson Industrial Automation pg 42 859 342 7900 www emerson ept com Eriez pg 51 888 300 3743 www eriez com FMI Corp pg 21 303 398 7237 www fminet com ca Flexco pg 7 800 323 3444 www flexco com ISCO Industries pg 19 800 345 4726 www isco pipe com Italvibras USA Inc pg 59 815 872 1350 www italvibrasusa com John Deere Inside Front Cover 800 503 3373 www johndeere com Kleemann Wirtgen America Back Cover 615 501 0602 www wirtgenamerica com Luff Industries Ltd Inside Back Cover 888 349 5833 www luffindustries com Lumsden Corp pg 41 717 394 6871 www hoytwirecloth com NSSGA pg 55 703 525 8788 www nssga org Onyx Valve Co pg 48 856 829 2888 www onyxvalve com Precision Pulley Idler pg 33 800 247 1228 www ppipella com REMco pg 5 925 447 0805 www remcovsi com Sandvik Mining and Construction pg 17 800 826 7625 www construction sandvik com SEW Eurodrive pg 43 864 439 7537 www seweurodrive com Specialty Polymers and Chemicals pg 52 850 453 5939 www spcdewatering com Superior Industries pg 39 800 321 1558 www superior ind com Tandem Products Inc pg 49 800 533 0509 www tandemproducts com Tensar pg 45 888 620 8999 www tensarcorp com amtriax_ pq Terex Minerals Processing Systems pg 3 989 288 3121 www terexmps com Unified Screening Crushing pg 11 866 968 3697 www unifiedscreening com Volvo Construction Equipment pg 15 717 532 9181 www volvoce com Volvo Penta pg 35 757 436 2800 www volvopenta com W S Tyler pg 37 800 325 5993 www wstyler ca Xylem pg 57 800 247 8674 www godwinpumps com Legal editor Michael T Heenan is an attorney at Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak Stewart one of the nations largest labor and safety law firms He can be reached at michael heenan@ odnss com P Q WEEKLY REPORT Our free e newsletter offers news features opinion and a product focus each week Join the thousands of subscribers who have personally requested it Sign up on our homepage www pitandquarry com WWW PITANDQUARRY COM Our website is the industrys most useful online resource with news updated daily an Editors Blog Equipment of the Day an online Buyers Guide and extensive industry links ADVERTISING INFORMATION Pit Quarry magazine is the leading information source for the aggregates industry and the marketshare leader among industry publications in terms of advertising sales If youd like to place advertising in Pit Quarry contact Publisher Rob Fulop at 855 460 5502 x3741 rfulop@ northcoastmedia net or National Sales Manager Dino Vitanza at x3744 dvitanza@ northcoastmedia net Dino Vitanza Rob Fulop www pitandquarry com April 2014 PIT QUARRY 61