Pit & Quarry, December 2018
Assistant Secretary David Zatezalo is now a full year into his tenure Twenty six percent of producers tell P Q that MSHA is performing better under Zatezalo while 29 percent say the agency is performing about the same under Zatezalo as it was under former Assistant Secretary Joe Main Only 5 percent say MSHA is performing worse under its new chief with 39 percent of producers unsure of how to respond to a question pitting Zatezalo versus Main MSHA is trying to be more proactive than reactive to help the mining industry says Jim Kingsley safety and environmental director at V S Virkler Son MSHA has work ahead of it though MSHA desperately needs to modernize its available training materials website submittal procedures and inspection routines to keep pace with the modern aggregate producer says Ross Duff vice president of Duff Quarry a producer in Ohio P Q FRAC SAND ND WEVE GOT YOU COVE CAUSTIC CO COMBUSTIBLE CONTAMINANTS COVERED SILICA DUST www rapat com OVERED RAPAT ENCLOSED CONVEYOR SYSTEMS Containing dust Transporting combustible materials Protecting workers and communities from potential contaminants For over 40 years Rapat has been providing customized industrial duty enclosed conveyor systems to solve all of these challenges If you need a safer material handling solution weve got you covered Hard numbers 51 Percentage of producers who anticipate federal infrastructure spending to increase to the level President Donald Trump has been touting by next summer 45 Percentage of producers who say the states in which they operate are currently providing enough funds to support infrastructure projects that drive a healthy demand for the construction materials they produce 26 Percentage of producers who say the Mine Safety Health Administration MSHA is performing better under Assistant Secretary David Zatezalo Twentynine percent say MSHA is performing about the same as it was under former Assistant Secretary Joe Main and 5 percent say the agency is performing worse 11 Percentage of producers who say their relationship with MSHA officials changed for the better this year Note Figures derived from P Qs 2018 State of the Industry Report survey pitandquarry com December 2018 PIT QUARRY 13
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