Pit & Quarry, May 2018
SAFETY ROUNDTABLE You dont have to go to court to contest your citation unless you absolutely have to P Q We talked about the workplace exams rule previously and what thats going to mean to businesses Have you taken a moment to absorb how that would affect your business Or is this still news to some producers WILLIFORD One of our MSHA inspectors has tried to help educate our operations about the workplace examination ruling and how its going to affect our operation I actually hired another safety professional so weve doubled up in that regard because we expect this is going to take a lot more time and energy Williford ALEXANDER Weve done the same thing hiring additional safety staff for that LOPEZ This is something else to advocate for with the agency You dont have to go to court to contest your citation unless you absolutely have to Theres another opportunity to have a discussion with MSHA On every citation they ask you for what they call an informal conference at the district A lot of people have felt for a long time that that process has been broken The people reviewing the citations within the agency often have a vested interest in keeping the citation as it is because theyre either the direct supervisor the inspector or somebody else within the district that wrote the citation So for a long time weve been advocating for the agency to come up with a more neutral fair process for reviewing citations and the informal conference which will reduce the number of contests you end up having to file Lopez Its basically going to the police station to talk to them about the ticket rather than having to go through the court system Its a wonderful opportunity for you to try to get some things resolved even before penalties are issued 52 PIT QUARRY May 2018 pitandquarry com
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