Pit & Quarry, August 2013

Law Does the outside representative have access to documents What if the outsiders claim is motivated by an effort to unionize site While many of these issues have been resolved at MSHA sites new issues are arising not the least of which are questions of prohibited advance notice of an inspection The law states that a representative of the operator and a representative authorized by his miners shall be given the right to accompany the inspector during the physical inspection of a coal or other mine for purposes of aiding such and to participate in preor post inspection conferences held at the mine Naturally the operator needs flexibility to get the right people Some MSHA inspectors however have treated information passed during an inspection as advance notice even when the purpose is to contact management and or employee representatives so they can accompany the inspector How off site representatives might be contacted for either an MSHA or OSHA inspection is another issue The law says No advance notice of an inspection shall be provided to any person Read in context MSHA seems to be included within this prohibition There is a similar provision for OSHA As for the current OSHA situation employers and trade associations are up in arms As a result congressional Republicans are delving into the matter and reviewing ways the interpretation might be suspended or undone P Q 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 Continued from page 50 August Ad Index Advertiser Page Phone Website Amcast pg 34 888 9 WEARPARTS www amcastonline com Atlas Copco Construction Mining pg 32 800 732 6762 www atlascopco us Baldor pg 23 479 646 4711 www baldor com Bridgestone Mining Solutions pg 49 51 800 905 2367 www bridgestoneminingsolutions com CDE Global pg 35 www cdeglobalusa com C L Dews Sons Foundry Machinery pg 16 877 339 7339 www dewsfoundry com Douglas Mfg Co Inc pg 12 800 884 0064 www douglasmanufacturing com DSC Dredge LLC pg 40 985 479 1355 www dscdredge com Furukawa Rock Drill pg 33 800 527 2282 www frdusa com Hardox SSAB Inside Front Cover 412 203 1620 www ssab com Italvibras USA Inc pg 28 815 872 1350 www italvibrasusa com JoÚ Deere Back Cover 800 503 3373 www joÚdeere com Kleemann Wirtgen America pg 9 615 501 0602 www wirtgenamerica com Loadrite Actronic pg 37 800 560 9681 www loadritescales com Luff Industries Ltd Inside Back Cover 888 349 5833 www luffindustries com McLanahan Corp pg 5 814 695 9807 www mclanahan com Nordic Lights N A Inc pg 46 886 779 2629 www nordiclights com Orica USA pg 31 www oricaminingservices com Power Transmission Solutions pg 11 866 743 7392 www powertransmissionsolutions com Precision Pulley Idler pg 17 800 247 1228 www ppipella com Revere Control Systems pg 46 205 824 0004 www reverecontrol com Scania USA Inc pg 13 210 403 0007 www scaniausa com SEW Eurodrive Inc pg 27 864 439 7537 www seweurodrive com Shell Rotella pg 25 800 231 6950 www rotella com Superior Industries pg 19 www superior ind com Terex Minerals Processing Systems pg 7 989 288 3121 www terexmps com Unified Screening Crushing pg 39 866 968 3697 www unifiedscreening com United Rentals pg 21 800 UR RENTS www unitedrentals com Van der Graaf pg 41 905 793 8100 www vandergraaf com Volvo Construction Equipment pg 15 www volvoce com na Volvo Penta of the Americas pg 29 www volvopenta com W S Tyler Canada pg 3 800 325 5993 www wstyler ca Dino Vitanza Rob Fulop 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 54 PIT QUARRY August 2013 www pitandquarry com