Pit & Quarry, January 2014

Safety the Law Continued from page 64 stantial enough by itself to credibly motivate his termination However the judge had to consider one further aspect of the case Staches claim that the supervisor provoked his conduct The judge cited a case holding an employer cannot provoke an employee into an indiscretion and then rely on that indiscretion as grounds for discipline The judge found fault with the supervisors characterization of Staches broken seat complaint as petty He found this was wrongful conduct by the supervisor that directly provoked Stache into committing the misconduct for which he was terminated But this did not end the inquiry Quoting from a U S Court of Appeals decision the judge stated An employee is not free to engage in wanton conduct following an unlawful discharge and then hide behind the acts protections Pen throwing was blatant misconduct In the judges words The court cannot condone employee conduct that could have resulted in lasting harm to his supervisor P Q January Ad Index Advertiser Page Phone Website Actronic Ltd pg 26 800 528 5623 www loadritescales com Amcast pg 14 888 993 2772 www amcastonline com Austin Powder Co pg 65 216 464 2400 www austinpowder com AZFAB pg 50 866 616 9351 www azfab com Breaker Technology pg 25 440 542 3720 www rockbreaker com Brunner Lay Inc pg 10 800 872 6899 www brunnerlay com C L Dews Sons Foundry Machinery pg 38 877 339 7339 www dewsfoundry com CDE Global pg 39 44 028 8676 7900 www cdeglobal com ConExpo Con Agg pg 73 www conexpoconagg com Conn Weld pg 69 304 487 1421 www conn weld com Crown Eagle pg 36 902 245 2818 www crown eagle ca Deister Machine Co Inside Front Cover 29 260 426 7495 www deistermachine com EEG Tabor Machine Co pg 11 304 431 4100 www elginindustries com Emerson Industrial Automation pg 67 859 342 7900 www emerson ept com Eriez Manufacturing Co pg 21 888 300 3743 www eriez com Fisher Industries pg 37 800 932 8740 www fisherind com Furukawa Corporation Ltd pg 52 800 527 2282 www frdusa com Georgia Construction Aggregate Assn pg 72 678 473 0012 www gcaa org Henkel Adhesive Technology pg 57 800 263 5043 www henkelna com mining ISEE pg 74 440 349 4400 www isee org Italvibras USA Inc pg 61 815 872 1350 www italvibrasusa com Kemper Equipment Inc pg 20 484 514 2297 www quarryparts com Kleemann Wirtgen America pg 17 615 501 0602 www wirtgenamerica com Loup Electronics Inc pg 28 877 489 5687 www loupelectronics com Luff Industries Ltd Inside Back Cover 888 349 5833 www luffindustries com Lumsden Corp pg 19 717 394 6871 www hoytwirecloth com Major Wire Industries Ltd Back Cover 450 659 7681 www majorwire cc Martin Sprocket Gear Inc pg 35 817 258 3000 www martinsprocket com McLanahan Corp pg 45 814 695 9807 www mclanahan com Metso Minerals pg 5 412 269 5298 www metso com Midwestern Industries Inc pg 63 877 474 9464 www midwesternind com Motion Industries pg 15 800 526 9328 www motionindustries com NSSGA pg 71 703 525 8788 www nssga org Onyx Valve Co pg 53 856 829 2888 www onyxvalve com Polydeck Screen Corp pg 23 864 579 4594 www polydeckscreen com Precision Pulley Idler pg 49 800 247 1228 www ppipella com ReichDrill pg 63 814 342 5500 www reichdrill com Rema Tip Top North America Inc pg 28 800 334 7362 www rematiptop com REMco pg 3 41 925 447 0805 www remcovsi com Sandvik Mining and Construction pg 9 800 826 7625 www construction sandvik com Scania USA Inc pg 55 210 403 0007 www scaniausa com Shell Rotella pg 7 800 231 6950 www rotella com Tandem Products Inc pg 51 800 533 0509 www tandemproducts com Telsmith pg 33 262 242 6600 www telsmith com Terex Minerals Processing Systems pg 27 989 288 3121 www terexmps com Trio Engineered Products Inc pg 47 626 851 3966 www trioproducts com Volvo Construction Equipment pg 13 www volvoce com na Volvo Penta pg 32 757 436 2800 www volvopenta com W S Tyler Canada pg 31 800 325 5993 www wstyler ca Weir Minerals pg 59 715 483 9611 www weirminerals 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 January 2014 PIT QUARRY 79