Pit & Quarry, September 2012
OPERATIONS tons per year and about 35 percent of that is used within the Ozinga umbrella of companies All new employees at the Henry operation are trained to follow MSHA requirements and the site conducts weekly toolbox talks and monthly safety meetings We received the Rock Solid Safety Award from the Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers in May of this year Balagna says We are fortunate to have an experienced crew with on average more than 20 years of mining experience each He adds We have an onsite safety inspector who does daily inspections and a corporate safety director who conducts monthly inspections Perhaps the most notable aspect of the site is the reclamation plan to turn minedout areas into a 90 acre inland port We are currently reclaiming the property for this purpose Balagna says We have built the slip in from the river and we are now advancing the pit to the Operations at Ozinga Materials Henry Ill site are fully automated west in order to make room for additional barges He adds We expect to have enough development done within the next five years to allow for port use All in the family Ozinga Bros Inc is the parent to a numbers of companies It all began in 1928 when Martin Ozinga Sr and Bill Conrad a local businessman established Conrad Ozinga Coal Coke Co in Evergreen Park Ill It was the start of what would become one of the countrys largest suppliers of concrete and materials Ozinga Bros provides ready mix concrete decorative concrete supplies and bulk materials while offering transportation services through an extensive network of truck rail barge and ship terminals Perhaps best recognized by its redand white striped concrete mixer trucks Ozinga Bros is now a fourthgeneration family owned and operated business with about 750 employees In 2008 Ozinga Materials Inc was spun 24 PIT QUARRY September 2012 www pitandquarry com
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