Pit & Quarry articles from July 1999

Pit & Quarry archives from July 1999

Heenan writes safety book.
July 1, 1999... Pit & Quarry legal editor Mike Heenan has written a book entitled Safety and Health at Mines: A Manual for Operators and Contractors. The book is designed to be a quick and easy guide to understanding MSHA requirements. Quarry operators can...

Request product info online.
July 1, 1999... Pit & Quarry recently added "LeadNet" to the list of online services available at www.pitandquarry.com. The service - the latest in a line of Web site enhancements - will allow Pit & Quarry readers to instantly request information about...

NSGIC Comments on the NAPA Report.
July 1, 1999... Get a Web site FREE! Stone producers who want to take advantage of the World Wide Web can get a FREE Web site at Quarry World: www.quarryworld.com. To sign up, a form is available right on the site, or contact Darren Constantino, managing...

Court rebukes EPA's authority.
July 1, 1999... On May 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia set aside EPA's new federal air-quality standards for PM 2.5 and ozone. The 2-1 ruling stated that the Clinton Administration overstepped its constitutional authority in...

Congress to reconsider health insurance reform.
July 1, 1999... With the war in Kosovo behind them, legislators have eagerly returned to their familiar role of advancing legislative proposals. One controversial proposal revives managed-care reform legislation that was narrowly defeated in the last...

Accommodating disabilities.
July 1, 1999... Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employers are required to accommodate physical and mental disabilities of present and prospective employees. It is unlawful to refuse a job to an applicant or employee whose disability can be...

South central report.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 1999... Buoyed by the passage of federal TEA-21 legislation and its record six-year, spending package, stone producers in the South Central region of the United States say they will be busy through 1999 and into the early years of the new millennium....

Underground radar detects unseen danger.
July 1, 1999... The Sub-Interface Radar System (SIR-2M) from Geophysical Survey Systems Inc. (GSSI) is the latest of the company's ground-penetrating radar technology specifically developed for mining applications. The SIR-2M can locate fractures, dikes,...

Quarry operations that plan to purchase Excavating Equipment.
July 1, 1999... This was the only equipment group where more than one-quarter of the respondents said they would not be purchasing a new unit for at least one year. "Always a big ticket item, and one we postpone as long as possible," a New York State...

Quarry operations that plan to purchase Material Handling (Conveying) Equipment.
July 1, 1999... The great majority of surveyed firms were positive about purchase plans for this group; 87 percent said they would be adding material-handling equipment within the next year. "We go through a lot of this stuff," says a Nebraska crushed-stone...

Quarry operations that plan to purchase Washing/Classifying Equipment.
July 1, 1999... This equipment group was among the most popular in terms of purchase plans; 92 percent of respondents said they would be adding it within the next 12 months. "I saw some nice stuff at the show, and I think we'll be buying new classifying...

Quarry operations that plan to purchase Dust Control Equipment.
July 1, 1999... Although just 17 percent of the survey panel said they expected to buy this equipment group within the next 3 months, a healthy 82 percent said they would be adding it within the next year. "This continues to be a purchase-priority item. Our...

Quarry operations that plan to purchase Computers/Automation Equipment.
July 1, 1999... The highest positive rating in the survey: every respondent said his firm would be purchasing new equipment with the next 12 months. "There's just no way we can not be purchasing this group almost constantly," a Nevada crushed-stone producer...

Quarry operations that plan to purchase Haul Trucks.
July 1, 1999... More than three-quarters of the panelists said they would be purchasing a haul truck within the next year. "We used to go through these things like a hot knife through butter. But about a year ago we started our truck drivers on a specialized...

Quarry operations that plan to purchase Loaders.
July 1, 1999... Almost 4 out of every 5 survey panelists said they expected to purchase at least one new loader within the next year. "We give our loaders a pretty good workout," a north Florida aggregates producer says. "Our quarry is in pretty rough...

Quarry operations that plan to purchase Crushing Equipment.
July 1, 1999... More than three-quarters (76 percent) of the survey respondents plan to buy these within the next 12 months. "We will be buying at least one new crusher, probably sooner rather than later," says a Pennsylvania crushed-stone producer. "We saw...

Quarry operations that plan to purchase Pick-up Trucks/Utility Vehicles.
July 1, 1999... Just a small percent of respondents planned to add to this group very quickly, but within the next 12 months, four out of every five panelists said they would purchase in this equipment group. "Our utility vehicles get a lot of wear and tear,"...

Customized recycling powers productivity at New Jersey's Bedrock Stone.
July 1, 1999... Operating a C&D materials recycling business in the New York metropolitan area can be challenging. There is plenty of business to be had but it requires good equipment and management skills to meet the challenges. Northern New Jersey is...

New Supporting-Cast Iron.
July 1, 1999... To efficiently back-up the higher-producing plant, the company bought a new Komatsu PC650 hydraulic excavator to feed the impactor, and a new Komatsu WA500 III 7-cu.-yd. front-end loader for loading delivery trucks. Also, a new Komatsu AX-III...

In the Lap of Luxury.
July 1, 1999... Running an aggregate plant near a residential area is like walking on egg shells. Every plant operator working in such an area knows that it doesn't take much to upset the neighbors, and, when the neighbors live in million-dollar mansions only...

Talking safety.
July 1, 1999... This year, Pit & Quarry continues its partnership for safety with the National Stone Association by once again co-sponsoring the organization's safety awards. It's something we take particular pride in doing. Operations such as Florida Rock...

Drying Out.
July 1, 1999... Dredge-fed aggregate operations can be efficient and profitable - if you can figure out what to do with all of the extra water that comes with the material. That' s exactly the problem that confronted Nugent Sand Co.'s plant in Columbus, Ind....

Blasting Mathematics.
July 1, 1999... When working in the field, there are some basic calculations a blaster must know how to perform. The University of Kentucky teaches that the first is determining the volume of rock to be broken. When first planning a shot, consideration...

Eye in the Sky.
July 1, 1999... Satellite technology is gearing up to monitor equipment performance and protect a quarry's assets from theft, vandalism and misuse. Utilizing small radio transmitters mounted on each piece of a quarry's or contractor's equipment, the system is...

Clean and quiet.(Brief Article)
July 1, 1999... Dredging on a lake that is the source of drinking water for a community requires doing things a little more carefully. Irving Materials uses double-hull fuel tanks and a biodegradable, non-toxic hydraulic oil - Mobil EAL 224H. By using...

Warman International.(Brief Article)
July 1, 1999... Dredge pumps from Warman International are designed to provide continuous pumping of highly abrasive slurries containing large particles at high- maintained efficiencies with low maintenance and ownership costs. The Heavy Duty Gravel Pump is...

On the waterfront.(includes various articles)
July 1, 1999... In the 1920s, the Indianapolis Water Co., realizing that the White River could not continue to meet the growing city's water demands, purchased land for a reservoir. The company built a dam across Fall Creek in 1941 and flooded 1,900 of...

Safety: Crosby-style.
July 1, 1999... Since June of 1969, when I arrived in the mineral industries as a regional safety manager, the materials and training provided by suppliers has improved dramatically. A couple of years ago, a professional and personal friend directed my...

Training: For good reason.(Brief Article)
July 1, 1999... Suppliers want operators, and their employees, to use their products for the purposes for which they were designed. This desire applies to every thing from paper clips to 200-ton haul trucks. There are obvious reasons, but two of the most...

Getting to the Root Cause.(Brief Article)
July 1, 1999... Vulcan Materials Co. needed an incident-analysis procedure that examined the root causes of safety problems instead of just quick-fixing the symptoms. To solve this challenge, the company employed the TapRoot system at its 250 operations ...

Safety Products.
July 1, 1999... Dalloz Safety High-tech, high-style Millennia safety glasses combine lightweight comfort and exceptional optics with superior protection. Dalloz designers used sophisticated 3D computer-modeling to study the form, shape and dimensions of...

Safe and Sound.
July 1, 1999... In 1979, Jack Raimondi witnessed MSHA issue 77 citations in three days at The Lonestar Quarry and Cement Plant in Dade County, Fla., which Tarmac America eventually bought in 1984 and renamed Pennsuco. He says MSHA only stopped because the...

Wing pulleys.
July 1, 1999... Dodge offers Mine Duty Extra Wing Pulleys that use high endurance bushings and weld-free integral hubs. The company says the product is strong enough to allow the beating action of a wing pulley on conveyors using high-tension belts. The Mine...