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Take care, and remember to be in contact with your state officials to voice your concerns about MSHA. Our tax dollars pay for MSHA, which is under the Department of Labor. Our fine money goes into the general fund, and we cannot afford to keep paying out costly fines on the more and more frequent trivial citations to essentially support government spending. At least that is how I feel about it.

~ Kathy


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Thursday, January 21, 2010

In the News:

Safe Pro, Inc. currently has so much news on their website that I encourage you to click on their link and read all of it. http://safeproinc.com/


Here is another very important piece of information from Safe Pro, Inc's website that is a must read:

"6 More Provisions About the Proposed S Miners Act That You Should Know"
http://safeproinc.com/6_more_provisions_about_the_prop._minersact_you-should_know.htm

HUGE NEWS from Jim Sharpe and Safe Pro, Inc :

MSHA's March 15th Enforcement Initiative:
http://safeproinc.com/msha_march_15_enforcement_initia.htm


Here is a copy of the letter that the North Carolina Aggregate Association sent to their Congressmen. They are encouraging your association to use it as a guideline to write your own letter. Thank you to Safe Pro, Inc's website for this information.
http://safeproinc.com/msha_letter_to_congresspoeple.htm





Have you guys seen this yet? If you have material stockpiled and claim it as inventory, you will have to pay taxes on each individual pile.

This article is from the December 2009 issue of The Concrete Producer and is titled: Is the Tax Man Coming?

http://www.theconcreteproducer.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=1427&articleID=1151383

Blasting Contractors Getting Squeezed:
http://rockproducts.com/drilling-blasting/rock_blasting_contractors_0110/

MSHA Marks 40th Anniversary:

http://greglemke.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/msha-marks-40th-anniversary-of-landmark-mine-legislation/

Interview with Joe Main:
http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2009/11/20/joe-main-outlines-priorities-for-msha/

Joe Main Promises Law and Order:
http://rockproducts.com/safety/rock_new_safety_sheriff/

Expect Enforcement:
http://www.aggman.com/expect-enforcement/

Breaking News from MSHA: Black Lung is Bad

http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/breaking-news-from-msha-black-lung-is-bad/

Straight Talk on Safety:
http://www.aggman.com/straight-talk-on-safety/

Paper Paper Everywhere:

http://www.aggman.com/paper-paper-everywhere/

D-Paper D-Ciphered:
http://www.aggman.com/d-paper-d-ciphered/

The Art of Air Sampling:
http://www.aggman.com/the-art-of-air-sampling/

MSHA Liability for Injuries:
http://www.pitandquarry.com/pitandquarry/Law/MSHA-liability-for-injuries-8212-a-continuing-saga/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/283020?contextCategoryId=579&searchString=MSHA

MSHA's Mythical Documents:
http://www.pitandquarry.com/pitandquarry/Law/MSHAs-mythical-documents/ArticleColumn/Article/detail/68709?searchString=MSHA

MSHA Enforcement in 2009:

http://www.pitandquarry.com/pitandquarry/Features/MSHA-enforcement-in-2009/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/582621?contextCategoryId=46769&searchString=MSHA


Who Investigates MSHA?:

http://www.pitandquarry.com/government/laws-regulations/who-investigates-msha

2 comments:

Chip said...

Great Information on this site!!!

Have you heard the latest? The 2011 MSHA budget will not include any funding for the Small Mine Office and that the employees will be transferred to Coal and MNM enforcement. To me this is the wrong direction to increase safety in our industry.

For more information you should contact your congressional delegation.

La Pine Redi Mix, Inc. said...

Hi Chip, thank you for your feedback. Yes, we did hear about that, on Friday. I'll be sure to put that info on here so that everybody can see it.

Kathy