Pit & Quarry, July 2015

Safety the Law Continued from page 34 of Transportation remain unaffected by state laws Only if and when federal laws change might different rules apply It is not likely however that changes would limit the companys ability to restrict marijuana when it could affect employee safety or proper job performance Any impairment regarding work performance especially in safety or security sensitive positions is necessarily within the employers discretion Prescription drugs including marijuana may be legal but still unacceptable in the workplace if they can adversely affect the using employee other employees or the employers property Laws regarding marijuana including federal laws will continue to evolve In May for example the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to back the Veterans Equal Access Amendment which would allow veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder or chronic pain to be prescribed medical marijuana by their Veterans Administration doctors Supporters urge that marijuana is more effective less debilitating and less addictive than many prescription drugs P Q Legal editor Michael T Heenan is an attorney at Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak Stewart one of the nations largest labor and safety law frms He can be reached at michael heenan@ odnss 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 DIGITAL EDITION iPAD APP View the electronic version of Pit Quarry magazine on your computer or use the Pit Quarry app for the iPad July Ad Index Advertiser Page Phone Website Am Cast Inc Back Cover 888 993 2772 www amcastonline com Baldor Electric Co pg 5 479 646 4711 www baldor com Bitco Insurance Companies pg 40 800 475 4477 www bitco com C L Dews Sons Foundry Machinery pg 50 877 339 7339 www dewsfoundry com Cardinal Scale Mfg Co pg 35 800 441 4237 www cardinalscale com Conn Weld pg 57 304 487 1421 www conn weld com Crisp Industries pg 47 800 315 0871 www crispindustries com Elrus Aggregate Systems pg 33 888 535 7877 www elrus com Eriez Manufacturing Co pg 51 888 300 3743 www eriez com Fisher Industries pg 9 800 932 8740 www fsherind com Flexco pg 15 800 323 3444 www fexco com Gorman Rupp Pumps pg 3 419 755 1011 www grpumps com Haver Boecker pg 39 800 325 5993 www havercanada com Hazemag USA Inc pg 45 724 439 3512 www hazemag com Hoyt Wire Cloth Lumsden Corp pg 49 717 394 6871 www hoytwirecloth com ISCO pg 43 800 345 4726 www isco pipe com John Deere Inside Front Cover 800 503 3373 www johndeere com Kleemann Wirtgen America pg 37 615 501 0602 www wirtgenamerica com KPI JCI and Astec Mobile Screens pg 25 800 542 9311 www kpijci com Luf Industries Ltd Inside Back Cover 888 349 5833 www lufndustries com M B America Inc pg 41 855 622 7874 www mbamerica com Midwestern Industries Inc pg 59 877 474 9464 www midwesternind com National Mining Hall of Fame Museum pg 55 719 486 1229 www mininghallofame org Phillips 66 pg 13 877 445 9198 www phillips66lubricants com Polydeck Screen Corp pg 53 864 579 4594 www polydeckscreen com aggregate Precision Pulley Idler pg 31 800 247 1228 www ppipella com Regal Beloit Corp pg 42 606 564 2477 www powertransmissionsolutions com Scania USA Inc pg 11 210 403 0007 www scaniausa com Schurco Slurry pg 27 904 356 6840 www schurcoslurry com Systems Equipment Corp pg 52 563 568 6387 www systemsequipment com Tandem Products Inc pg 18 800 533 0509 www tandemproducts com Telsmith pg 19 262 242 6600 www telsmith com Tema Isenmann pg 21 859 252 0613 www temaisenmann com Terex Minerals Processing Systems pg 7 989 288 3121 www terexmps com WEG Electric Corp pg 30 800 275 4934 www weg net us Weir Trio pg 46 626 851 3966 www trioproducts com 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 Group Publisher Rob Fulop at 855 460 5502 x3741 rfulop@ northcoastmedia net or Associate Publisher Dino Vitanza at x3744 dvitanza@ northcoastmedia net Dino Vitanza Rob Fulop www pitandquarry com July 2015 PIT QUARRY 63