Pit & Quarry, May 2016

kids can open their eyes to a lot of potential that they never even knew was out there YANIK Lets move on to safety What are your feelings about the relationship today between the Mine Safety Health Administration MSHA and the aggregates industry Has the relationship improved under Assistant Secretary of Labor Joe Main Have some strides been made BOYD Coming into play now are coal mine inspections which overreach But a bigger issue than that is we have a major influx of these other inspectors governing Coal has not always had a good communication program at MSHA We get two inspections a year This last year service operations had six in place My goodness They are looking for something to do paperwork things to that effect ALEXANDER I would like to see that there have been changes but I havent seen any The industry has really put safety at the top of the list We have invested a lot of money in audits We are doing a lot of auditing and self policing where it is much better but we havent seen any change in the number of citations If anything they have gone up You get a citation for not having a lid on a trash can to not having a porta potty in the certain areas of the pit to make them accessible for employees I have never seen that JONES I think everybody would agree that any inspector good or bad could go into any operation and probably find something legitimate How you react to what he finds is basically how in my experience they end up treating you going forward So if the next time they find the same thing and it is the same guy you are obviously going to see the wrath BOYD If you own a business you have to do it right One citation is unacceptable period I dont care what it is From the small business side of it my industry modification of insurance collates with that comp rate to the penny and has to be accounted for so I have to look at that side of it I am very picky with inspectors After several years of major restoration I know a little bit about the inspector coming in and not being trained to the level that some of the others have been Want Some Boyd d Candy Sand for the of e SWEET SPOT f h SWEE f ET d Your Specification Sand Most cone crusher and VSI fines do do not not contain contain enough en oug of the 16 x 30 30 x 50 and 50 x 100 mesh fractions to make manufactured concrete sand really sweet A REMco SandMax makes it every time The 16 mesh to 100 mesh fraction is what makes high quality C 33 manufactured concrete sand with the best FM excellent finishing quality easy pumping high strength and workability equal to what Mother Nature produces REMco SandMax sand the best manufactured sand If your crusher fines are missing the sweet spot of the sand spec contact REMco to see how a SandMax can solve your concrete sand problem Get the t Sweet Stuff REMco offers complete fine crushing and grinding systems offers complete fine crushing and grinding systems custom engineered custom engineered and guaranteed to produce your specific sand requirements for product tonnage and grading specification For more information contact REMco Rock Engineered Machinery Co Inc 263 S Vasco Road Livermore CA 94551 USA Tel 925 447 0805 Fax 925 447 7038 Website www remcovsi com PQ html pitandquarry com May 2016 PIT QUARRY 43