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Welcome to the Operations, Environmental & Safety home page!

Committee members are encouraged to submit any items of interest for

distribution in future e-updates. General comments are also welcome.

• OES - Fall Meeting: Minutes September 2011 - Click here to view minutes
   

• Click here to view minutes from previous meetings/Webinars/conference calls

• Upcoming Courses & Webinar Opportunities:  
   

• FMCSA Releases Safety Management System to Motor Carriers

  • Producers can view their Carrier data (click here)

  • Data Preview Guidance (Frequently Asked Questions) (click here)

  • Safety Management Methodology (click here)
     

• National Mixer Driver Championship save the date! September 16, 2012. 
   

• Energy Star Survey - Plant Managers, Operations Managers and Environmental Managers - please help NRMCA with this joint energy use initiative and the U.S. EPA Energy Star program.  This survey is to help baseline energy use and rmc plant and then specific programs will be tailored to help reduce that energy use.  Ultimately, saving the rmc producer money.  This is a per-plant survey.
   

• Fleet Benchmarking Survey - The OES Committee regularly reviews and refines the survey in an effort to gather and disseminate the results. Information gathered from the annual Fleet Benchmarking Survey is published in a full report in Concrete InFocus magazine each autumn.
   

• FMCSA pre-employment screening program goes live
   

• Proposed use of Electronic On-Board Recorders (EOBR) - The comment period ended on May 4, 2011; NRMCA submitted comments.

• NRMCA attended a meeting with SBA and EPA representatives in December 2010. One of the major focuses of the meeting was to look at specific examples of how the "Fly-Ash" stigma has affected small businesses. Please pass along specific instances where this has happened and NRMCA will forward to the Small Business Administration. Contact Gary Mullings at gmullings@nrmca.org for more information.
   

• Upcoming Courses & Webinar Opportunities
   

• Recent New Green-Star plants:

  • Green-Star Plant #217:    Dolese Bros. Co. - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 1st Green-Star plant in the state of Oklahoma

  • Green-Star Plant #218:    Blalock Ready Mix - Sevierville, Tennessee (Plant 1)

  • Green-Star Plant #219:    Blalock Ready Mix - Sevierville, Tennessee (Plant 2)

  • Green-Star Plant #220:    Argos USA - Little Rock, Arkansas

  • Green-Star Plant #221:    Argos USA - Cabot, Arkansas

  • Green-Star Plant #222:    Argos USA - Richmond, Texas

  • Green-Star Plant #223:    Argos USA - Houston
    
    Congratulations to all of the plants for having a comprehensive environmental management system!

• The NRMCA Safety Contest ended on May 1, 2011.  The NRMCA Safety Contest continues to fine tune the metrics and the contributing causes to accidents in the ready mixed concrete industry.  New this year, we are asking companies for vehicle accident data.  This is the first year for gathering vehicle accident data and will be used for benchmarking purposes only.  Vehicle accidents will not be factored into the winning submissions.  The vehicle accident column will be marked when there is a vehicle accident that does not fall under the definition of a DOT Recordable Accident. NRMCA thanks you in advance for going this extra step and including vehicle accidents. 
   

• Interpretation of OSHA's Provisions for Feasible Administrative or Engineering Controls of Occupational Noise

  • This new interpretation clarifies OSHA's new interpretation of this standard with companies having to engineer out or reduce the noise below the acceptable levels before using PPE. 

  • OSHA proposes to consider administrative or engineering controls economically feasible under the noise standards when the cost of these controls will not threaten the cited employer's ability to stay in business or when the threat to viability results from the employer's having lagged behind the industry in providing safety and health protection to employees.

    • NRMCA met with representative of OSHA and SBA on 19 Nov. 2010 to discuss this topic.

    • NRMCA has submitted comments on this topic
       

• OSHA Recordkeeping Forms
   

• VA OSHA Regulation on Reverse Signal Operation for Construction