The aggregates industry may end up being like the dolphins getting stuck in the net with the tuna. If they amend the (Mine Safety) Act, I don't see how they are going to differentiate between the different categories of mining.
Smart enforcement I think is what is going to get us there; and utilization of the tools that MSHA already has.
They pretty much made the Freedom of Information Act a joke. It is like pulling teeth to try to get anything out of them these days. And I am talking about stuff that has historically been readily disclosed.
I have never represented (or heard of) a company where a 'pattern of violations' had been used.
It was quite audacious and highly inappropriate. What was he afraid of being asked?
