Aggregates Manager Digital Magazine
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AGGREGATES MANAGER / February 2017 5 February 2017 Vol. 22, No.2 aggman.com /AggregatesManager /AggManEditor Editorial Editor-in-Chief: Therese Dunphy Editorial Director: Marcia Gruver Doyle Online Editor: Wayne Grayson Contributing Editor: Kerry Clines editorial@aggman.com Design & Production Art Director: Sandy Turner, Jr. Production Designer: Timothy Smith Advertising Production Manager: Linda Hapner production@aggman.com Construction Media Vice President, Construction Media: Joe Donald sales@randallreillyconstruction.com 3200 Rice Mine Rd NE Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 800-633-5953 randallreilly.com Corporate Chairman: Mike Reilly President and CEO: Brent Reilly Chief Operations Officer: Shane Elmore Chief Financial Officer: Russell McEwen Senior Vice President, Sales: Scott Miller Senior Vice President, Editorial and Research: Linda Longton Vice President of Events: Stacy McCants Vice President, Audience Development: Prescott Shibles Vice President, Digital Services: Nick Reid Vice President, Marketing: Julie Arsenault For change of address and other subscription inquiries, please contact: aggregatesmanager@halldata.com. 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(See DMM 507.1.5.2); NON-POSTAL AND MILITARY FACILITIES: send address corrections to Aggregates Manager, 3200 Rice Mine Road N.E., Tuscaloosa, AL 35406. Equal Opportunity Citations by Therese Dunphy, Editor-in-Chief tdunphy@randallreilly.com EDITORIAL E ach month, I comb through consumer news media for reports on the aggregates in- dustry. It's a good way to see not only what is happening with issues such as permit requests around the nation, but it's also an opportunity to see how the industry is portrayed in the mainstream news. Much has been made of the media during recent months, and some of those comments undermine the public's faith in their integrity. Here's the thing: media is made up of people. People are human, and, therefore, far from perfect. That doesn't mean they are dishonest, but their perspective may be influenced by personal experiences and preferences. That's why the same story may be reported in a very different manner on Fox News than on CNN. Find a jour- nalist you trust and follow him or her. That's what we strive to be at Aggregates Manager: a trusted source for industry information. But, I digress. Back to those news stories. This month, one caught my eye. It was a story about a county-owned aggregates operation that was nearly shut down after a Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) inspection. In a familiar scenario, its problem began with a guarding citation. The inspector cited the operation for failure to have a guard rail on a cattle crossing that ran through the property. Equal citations, or is it protections, for all. While cattle crossings may be a unique rationale, guarding citations are all too familiar for operators. Over the last five years, a cursory inspection of 2016 MSHA citations at surface op- erations shows that sand and gravel operators received 3,243 guard-related citations, while crushed stone operators received 2,114. Near the top of both lists is standard 56.14107(a) — Moving machine parts. In 2016, 1,728 citations of this standard were issued to sand and gravel producers and 1,089 citations were issued to crushed stone producers. While the trigger for these citations is sometimes surprising, the standards themselves vary little from year to year. Since 2012, the standards most commonly cited at surface sand and gravel operations have included the following: • 56.14107(a) – Moving machine parts; • 56.12004 – Electrical conductors; • 56.14132(a) – Horns and backup alarms; • 56.14100(b) – Safety defects; examination, correction, and records (correcting them in a timely manner), and • 50.30(a) – Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2 — Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report. While the ranking within the top five standards has changed, those five have consistently been the top five sources of citations for the last five years. For surface stone mines, the standards most frequently cited are remarkably similar: • 56.12004 – Electrical conductors; • 56.14107(a) – Moving machine parts; • 56.14100(b) – Safety defects; examination, correction, and records (correcting them in a timely manner); • 56.14132(a) – Horns and backup alarms; and • 56.2003(a) – Housekeeping. Before your next inspection, take a look around your operation with these standards in mind. It may help you avoid a little paperwork of your own.