Pit & Quarry, May 2014

enforcement policy on temporary staffing contractors The court also stated however that mine operators must report the injuries of all independent contractor employees on mine property This is contrary to longstanding MSHA policy that contractors not the mine operator report contractor employee injuries According to traditional definitions independent contractors directly control their own work and perform it by their own means and methods Unlike staffing companies they supervise the work and safety of their own employees may have their own MSHA ID and are logically the party that should report regarding their own workforce MSHAs computer center in Denver receives all accident injury and illness reports When an independent contractor reports an injury to its own employee it facilitates MSHAs charging the injury to the correct party If the mine operator reports in addition to the independent contractor the computer center will not enter two reports One will be discarded typically the mine operators report except when the independent contractor did not report at all P Q May Ad Index Advertiser Page Phone Website Amcast pg 40 888 993 2772 www amcastonline com American Mixers and Plants LLC pg 51 855 523 6050 www mixersandplants com Astralloy pg 41 800 633 6635 www astralloy com Brunner Lay pg 47 800 872 6899 www brunnerlay com C L Dews Sons Foundry Machinery pg 36 877 339 7339 www dewsfoundry com Conn Weld Industries Inc pg 25 304 487 1421 www conn weld com Convey Weigh LLC pg 44 304 201 2354 www conveyweigh com Crown Eagle pg 48 902 245 2818 www crown eagle ca Derrick pg 12 716 683 9010 www derrick com Eagle Crusher pg 31 800 253 2453 www eaglecrusher com Elrus Aggregate Systems pg 29 888 535 7877 www elrus com Fisher Industries pg 9 800 932 8740 www fisherind com Intec Video Systems Inc pg 50 949 859 3800 www intecvideo com Italvibras USA Inc pg 8 815 872 1350 www italvibrasusa com Kleemann Wirtgen America pg 11 615 501 0602 www wirtgenamerica com KPI JCI Astec Mobile Screens pg 45 605 668 2524 www kpijci com Luff Industries Ltd Inside Back Cover 888 349 5833 www luffindustries com Lumsden Corp pg 5 717 394 6871 www hoytwirecloth com Martin Sprocket Gear Inc pg 13 817 258 3000 www martinsprocket com McLanahan pg 10 814 695 9807 www mclanahan com Mellott Co pg 38 301 678 2050 www mellottcompany com Metso pg 19 412 269 5000 www metso com Midwestern Industries Inc pg 42 330 837 4203 www midwesternind com Nord Lock Group pg 46 46 31 7192 300 www superbolt com Onyx Valve Co pg 17 856 829 2888 www onyxvalve com Philippi Hagenbuch Inc Back Cover 800 447 6464 www philsystems com REMco pg 33 925 447 0805 www remcovsi com Sandvik Mining and Construction pg 15 800 826 7625 www construction sandvik com Scania USA Inc pg 39 210 403 00007 www scaniausa com SEW Eurodrive pg 7 864 439 7537 www seweurodrive com Superior Industries pg 23 800 321 1558 www superior ind com Tecweigh Tecnetics Industries Inc pg 35 651 777 4780 www tecweigh com Telsmith Inc pg 3 262 242 6600 www telsmith com Terex Minerals Processing Systems Inside Front Cover 989 288 3121 www terexmps com Unified Screening Crushing pg 49 866 968 3697 www unifiedscreening com Van der Graaf pg 24 888 326 1476 www vandergraaf com Volvo Penta pg 32 757 436 2800 www volvopenta com W S Tyler pg 37 800 325 5993 www wstyler ca 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 May 2014 PIT QUARRY 53