NSSGA and special guests from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) discuss the agency’s drug and alcohol clearinghouse – and what aggregates operators need to do to make sure they are in compliance by Jan. 6, 2020.

EXAMiner is a free workplace examination tool developed by researchers with the National Institute for Mine Safety & Health. This tool offers workers the opportunity to practice searching for hazards in virtual environments, and it provides health and safety professionals the opportunity to debrief hazard recognition performance with workers. This webinar demonstrates the features within EXAMiner and offers tips and best practices to create your own customized site-specific scenes.

NSSGA held another installment of our environmental webinar series, regarding engaging with the communities in which we operate.

Miners are on the front line of the nation's opioid crisis. More than six in 10 injured workers receive an opioid prescription, and extraction workers - including stone, sand and gravel workers - have the highest rate of opioid overdose death. The University of Massachusetts Lowell's Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace created a free opioid awareness training program tailored to the stone, sand, and gravel industry and MSHA Part 46 annual refresher training.