The clock is ticking on Congress’ failure to act on a multi-year, surface transportation authorization. America’s transportation infrastructure is crumbling. Investing in transportation system improvements will create thousands of well-paying jobs, sustain the benefits of the economic stimulus, preserve our competitiveness, and grow the economy. We can’t let more time pass. Call your member of Congress and tell them to fix America’s transportation infrastructure and create jobs NOW.
LEADERSHIP IN DELIVERING SAFE CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS CITED IN AWARD TO HONOR CHERYL SUZIO AT YORK HILL TRAP ROCK QUARRY
Cheryl Suzio, vice president for safety at York Hill Trap Rock Quarry Company, Meriden, Conn., has been named NSSGA's 2009 James M. Christie Safety & Health Professional....details
NSSGA Names 2009 National Stars of Excellence Award Winners
NSSGA today announced the winners of its National Stars of Excellence program for 2009. Member operations from Hedrick Industries, Salisbury, N.C.; Rogers Group, Inc., Nashville, Tenn.; and Vulcan Materials Company, Birmingham, Ala., received top honors....details
KCSA'S RONALD GRAY IS NSSGA'S 2009 STATE AGGREGATES ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Ronald H. Gray, executive director of the Kentucky Crushed Stone Association, Frankfort, Ky., has been named NSSGA's 2009 State Aggregates Association Executive of the Year...details
NSSGA ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS
NSSGA today announced the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners of it's Safety, Environmental and Community Relations Excellence Awards.
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NATIONAL LIME & STONE’S MAPES RECEIVES NSSGA’S ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP AWARD
Dan Mapes of the National Lime & Stone Company, Findlay, Ohio, receives the NSSGA's 2009 Environmental Leadership Award...details
Part 46 New Miner & Task Training
NSSGA is offering a revised 2010 version of Part 46 New Miner Training materials, available in both DVD and CD formats. Developed by the Colorado Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, this multi-faceted training program provides operators with comprehensive training to meet the revised Part 46 training requirements. The program - available in both English and Spanish language versions - has been expanded and updated since its roll-out in 2000.
The award-winning Task Training DVD or 6-CD set is an effective compliance tool for MSHA Task Training and annual refresher requirements. Task Training offers eight hours of training on ten subjects including: plant operator, laborer, mechanic, welding, maintenance, loaders, scrapers, excavators, haul trucks, cranes and man lifts. Modules cover pre- and post-shift inspections, safe work practices, operating procedures, potential hazards, interactive exercises, extensive video and audio demonstrations, and a quiz to check the student's mastery of concepts. Certificates of Completion can be printed for each module or all ten modules combined on one certificate.
Community Relations Handbook for the Aggregates Industry
Members of NSSGA have a good story to tell the American people about the aggregates industry. Crushed stone, sand and gravel truly are the basic materials in practically everything that makes modern life possible and enjoyable. But many people in communities where aggregate producers operate do not have a clear picture of the economic and societal benefits associated with those operations.
Conveying this information to the communities in which we live and operate, and how we communicate it, is fundamental to our ability to remain in business. NSSGA's newly designed and updated Community Relations Handbook focuses on the "how-to's" of building positive, long-term relationships between operations and the community, and describes successful and tested methods of gaining the good will of neighbors through two-way communications.
The new handbook also includes four supplements: Answering Community Concerns About Blasting, Answering Community Concerns About Dust and Noise, Answering Community Concerns About Truck Traffic, and Hosting and Open House or Operation Tour. A $95 value. For NSSGA members, only $75...order your copy today!
The New NSSGA/USGA Aggregates Atlas, v.2.0
This is the CD-ROM with just about everything you’d ever want to know about aggregates production in the U.S. A joint effort of the NSSGA and the U.S. Geological Survey, the new version 2.0 of the Aggregates Atlas includes:
Searchable databases of over 5,000 aggregates producers with locations, mailing addresses, and products.
Maps with the aggregates operations and their locations relative to state and county lines, rock formations, roads, railroads, airports, urban areas, schools, congressional districts, and public lands.
Automatic distance calculation between any two points on the maps.
Capability to search for aerial view of any quarry or pit using the USGS TerraServer.
Full print and export capabilities, with search results available in both table and map formats...order your copy today!
