Pit & Quarry, October 2015
LAW October Ad Index Advertiser Page Phone Website Am Cast Inc pg 52 888 993 2772 www amcastonline com Baldor Electric Co pg 49 479 646 4711 www baldor com Belt Tech pg 25 877 554 2358 www belttech1 com BKT Tires Inc pg 13 844 258 8473 www bkt tires com CL Dews Sons Foundry Machinery pg 61 877 339 7339 www dewsfoundry com Conveyor Components Co pg 58 800 233 3233 www conveyorcomponents com Cowin Company Inc pg 44 205 945 1300 www cowin co com Crisp Industries pg 32 800 315 0871 www crispindustries com Deister Inside Front Cover 260 426 7495 www deistermachine com Elrus Aggregate Systems pg 45 888 535 7877 www elrus com Flexco pg 21 630 971 0150 www fexco com Geith pg 15 866 563 5890 www geith com Haver Boecker pg 23 800 325 5993 www havercanada com Hyundai pg 57 678 823 7777 www hceamericas com Italvibras pg 63 815 872 1350 www italvibrasusa com J J Truck Bodies Trailers pg 37 800 598 8552 www jjbodies com James A Redding Co pg 39 814 444 7200 www jamesaredding com Kleemann Wirtgen America pg 17 615 501 0602 www wirtgenamerica com Liebherr pg 5 757 245 5251 www liebherr us Lincoln Contracting Equipment Co pg 41 814 629 6641 www lincolncontracting com Loup Electronics pg 58 877 489 5687 www loupelectronics com Luf Industries Ltd Inside Back Cover 888 349 5833 www lufndustries com Lumsden Corp pg 30 47 717 394 6871 www hoytwirecloth com Martin Sprocket Gear Inc pg 43 817 258 3000 www martinsprocket com MB America Inc pg 53 855 622 7874 www mbamerica com Montabert pg 7 866 588 8690 www montabert us Orica Back Cover 303 268 5000 www orica com Petrowsky Auctioneers pg 60 860 642 4200 www petrwoskyauctioneers com Philippi Hagenbuch Inc pg 9 309 697 9200 www philsystems com Precision Pulley Idler pg 35 800 247 1228 www ppipella com Purvis Industries pg 55 800 580 5588 www purvisindustries com Regal Beloit Corp pg 48 606 564 2477 www powertransmissionsolutions com REMco pg 31 925 447 0805 www remcovsi com Rinstrum Inc pg 6 877 829 9152 www axleweighr com Sandvik Mining and Construction pg 51 800 826 7625 www construction sandvik com Scania USA Inc pg 59 210 403 0007 www scaniausa com Schurco Slurry pg 20 904 356 6840 www schurcoslurry com Superior Industries pg 11 800 321 1558 www superior ind com Syntron Material Handling pg 22 800 356 4898 www syntronmh com Systems Equipment Corp pg 46 563 568 6387 www systemsequipment com Tandem Products Inc pg 33 800 533 0509 www tandemproducts com Tecweigh Tecnetics Industries Inc pg 26 800 536 4880 www tecweigh com Terex Minerals Processing Systems pg 3 989 288 3121 www terexmps com Trimble Loadrite pg 54 800 528 5623 www loadritescales com Van der Graaf pg 27 888 326 1476 www vandergraaf com Safety the Law Continued from page 62 inations at the start of a shift Firstly an examiner might be more focused and do a better examination at the outset before work produces competing demands Secondly regular examinations at the beginning of each shift would prevent enlarged time gaps in which one shift might examine at the beginning and the next shift examines at the end It would also avoid inspections being overly close together when the first shift examines at the end and the next shift examines at the beginning Thirdly it would conform to MSHAs best practices and would likely subject the operator to less criticism The regulations require a record of who examined the working place what was examined and on which shift the examination was conducted MSHA has repeatedly recognized there is no legal requirement to record what was found However MSHA says it is a best practice to record what was found Companies vary on whether they record conditions and whether they do so in the record of examinations they maintain for MSHA compliance If companies require examiners to log conditions found in their official record of examinations they need to remember inspectors will check the record A record of corrective actions must exist where a hazard or violation is identified Otherwise it will look to MSHA that the matter was recorded but no action was taken MSHA cannot issue a violation in the instance of no record of conditions existing but lack of a record does not conform to best practices and may be suspect to some inspectors 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 October 2015 PIT QUARRY 67
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