Aggregates Manager Digital Magazine
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AGGREGATES MANAGER / July 2017 3 July 2017 Vol. 22, No.7 aggman.com /AggregatesManager /AggManEditor Editorial Editor-in-Chief: Therese Dunphy Editorial Director: Marcia Gruver Doyle Online Editor: Wayne Grayson Online 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. Aggregates Manager TM magazine (ISSN 1552-3071) is published monthly by Randall-Reilly, LLC copyright 2017. Executive and Administrative offices, 3200 Rice Mine Rd. N.E., Tuscaloosa, AL 35406. Subscription rates: $24 annually, Non-domestic $125 annually. Single copies: $7. We assume no responsibility for the validity of claims of manufacturers in any advertisement or editorial product information or literature offered by them. Publisher reserves the right to refuse non-qualified subscriptions. Periodical circulation postage paid at Tuscaloosa, Alabama and additional entries. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by an information storage retrieval system, without written permission of the copyright owner. POSTMASTER: Send all UAA to CFS. (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. Set Your Site Toward Safety by Therese Dunphy, Editor-in-Chief tdunphy@randallreilly.com EDITORIAL T he summer production season is well underway. As production increases, so, too, must attention to safety. In 2016, half of the year's 16 metal/non- metal fatalities were recorded between June 3 and Sept. 21. While 2017 is shaping up to be a safer year, any fatality is one too many. Throughout this issue, we provide information designed to help operators – particularly small producers who don't have the resources of their larger counterparts – improve safety for their workers. A commitment to safety should start at the top. Ensuring that safety is a value each and every day empowers workers to stop work activities that place them in harm's way. It also encourages them to develop long-term resolutions rather than short-term fi xes for safety hazards. For example, through CalPortland's SLAM safety program, employees not only report hazards, but are also encouraged to fi x them. Corporate Safety Director Chad Blanchard says this allows an employee to look at a slip, trip, and fall hazard, such as a hose, and quickly roll it up. More importantly, however, it encourages the employee to go beyond a surface fi x and implement a lasting solution. "I like to incentivize employees to think farther down the road," Blanchard says. "Instead of rolling it up, let's think of something better. Can we make a hose tray? Can we make a hose reel? Can we do something that makes that job or task easier and that employee safer? If something is easier for an employee, it's going to be safer for them too." Operations Illustrated, on page 23, features more insights into successful operator-driven safety initiatives. At Dolese Bros., a partnership with Cat Safety Services is transforming its approach to safety. Over the last several years, its safety training has evolved from compliance-based to a culture where safety teams comprised of workers from various divisions work together to identify and mitigate safety hazards. Its Catwalk Conversations, short safety talks rather than meetings, are one of the initiatives that have emerged from its work. Read about its approach on page 18. A current safety hot button revolves around miners working alone in hazardous conditions. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced an ini- tiative on miners who work alone during a conference call earlier this spring. Min- ers in such conditions in surface mines must be able to communicate, be heard, or be seen. As Peter Almass shares in Rock Law, the easiest way to accomplish this goal is to ensure cell phone coverage throughout your plant. Learn more on page 36. Whether it's a Catwalk Conversation or a Tailgate Talk, start your week off right by making sure workers know that safety is a value at your site.