Pit & Quarry, June 2014
Safety the Law Continued from page 58 on the miners behalf the miner can still pursue the case without the government If the miner prevails the miners legal fees will have to be paid by the company with back pay and any other damages the miner can prove such as medical expenses for lack of employer medical insurance job hunting expenses and any other expenses the miner can relate to being out of work Without reinstatement potentially recoverable damages magnify MSHA has tried to extend temporary reinstatement to cases where it does not find discrimination however two U S Courts of Appeals have rejected that position Cases on the rise Last year MSHA filed more discrimination complaints than ever before Temporary reinstatement actions are also way up since 2012 Producers can expect MSHA to continue emphasis on educating miners on their rights encouraging them to take an active role in safety and pursuing cases to protect miners rights Vigorous prosecution of cases suggests MSHA will resolve doubts in favor of pursuing the miners case in court This enforcement is part of what MSHAs Office for Special Enforcement and Investigations is focused on in fiscal year 2014 which the office has dubbed the year of the Workers Voice In the mining industry employers must be very clear in applying discipline ensuring actions are fully justified and giving no suggestion of motives that might be misinterpreted by MSHA P Q June Ad Index Advertiser Page Phone Website Allied Construction Products LLC pg 7 216 431 2600 www alliedcp com Amcast pg 15 888 993 2772 www amcastonline com American Mixers and Plants LLC pg 14 855 523 6050 www mixersandplants com AZFAB pg 49 866 616 9351 www azfab com Bailey Parks Urethane pg 35 800 238 7638 www baileyparks com Breaker Technology pg 25 440 542 3720 www rockbreaker com C L Dews Sons Foundry Machinery pg 46 877 339 7339 www dewsfoundry com CDE USA pg 57 800 233 4525 www cdeusa com Columbia Steel pg 17 800 547 9471 www columbiasteel com EIW LLC pg 47 515 243 1123 www eiwllc com Elrus Aggregate Systems pg 37 888 535 7877 www elrus com Falvey Steel Castings pg 13 781 767 6210 www falveysteel com Furukawa Rock Drill USA pg 29 800 527 2282 www frdusa com Hazemag pg 31 724 439 3512 www hazemag com Intec Video Systems Inc pg 38 949 859 3800 www intecvideo com Intersystems pg 9 800 228 1483 www intersystems net Italvibras USA Inc pg 51 815 872 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 19 717 394 6871 www hoytwirecloth com McLanahan pg 11 18 814 695 9807 www mclanahan com Mellott Co pg 40 301 678 2050 www mellottcompany com Onyx Valve Co pg 43 856 829 2888 www onyxvalve com Phoenix Process Equipment Co pg 32 502 499 6198 www dewater com Powerscreen pg 39 502 736 5233 www powerscreen com Precision Pulley Idler pg 27 800 247 1228 www ppipella com R C Research Development pg 52 877 936 4193 www motorbasepros com Rema Tip Top pg 26 800 334 7362 www rematiptop com REMco pg 61 925 447 0805 www remcovsi com Revere Control Systems pg 34 205 824 0004 www reverecontrol com Sandvik Mining and Construction pg 33 800 826 7625 www construction sandvik com SEW Eurodrive pg 55 864 439 7537 www seweurodrive com Shell Rotella pg 21 800 231 6950 www rotella com Spokane Industries pg 45 855 629 3722 www spokaneindustries com Starkaire pg 22 630 964 7111 www starkaire com Stedman pg 50 800 262 5401 www stedman machine com Surestrike pg 53 866 472 8844 www surestrike biz Systems Equipment Corp pg 20 563 568 6387 www systemsequipment com Terex Minerals Processing Systems pg 23 989 288 3121 www terexmps com Terex Washing Systems pg 59 44 0 28 87 718 500 www terex com washing Trio Engineered Products Inc pg 41 626 851 3966 www trioproducts com Unified Screening Crushing pg 5 866 968 3697 www unifiedscreening com Volvo Penta pg 48 757 436 2800 www volvopenta com W S Tyler pg 3 800 325 5993 www wstyler ca Wabash MPI pg 28 260 563 1184 www wabashmpi 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 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 60 PIT QUARRY June 2014 www pitandquarry com
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