VTCA Aggregate Safety Seminars

The VTCA Aggregates Safety Committee conducted its annual Safety Seminars on December 1 in Fredericksburg and December 2 in Roanoke.

This year’s stellar presentations included:

Crystalline Silica - Exposure Assessment and Management 
Priya Nagarajan, MEng, CIH Director, Industrial Hygiene & Toxicology
Sandler Occupational Medicine Associates

NSSGA Training Health & Safety Resources
Libby Pritchard, Director of Safety Policy
National Stone and Sand & Gravel

Caterpillar Machine and Workplace Innovation
Ali Rodriguez, Certified Dealer Instructor
Richard Church, Certified Dealer Instructor
Carter Machinery

Virginia Energy Name Change & MSHA Powered Haulage Rule & Fatalities Review
Vernon Harris, Mine Inspector
Virginia Energy – Mineral Mining Program

Preliminary Investigation of Exoskeletons for Enhanced Safety and Health in the Aggregates Industries
Kray Luxbacher, PE, PhD
Charles T. Holland, Professor and Dept. Head Mining and Minerals Engineering
Virginia Tech

Legalization Lies: Marijuana’s False Safety Security
Dr. Ashley Clark, Executive Director
Dr. Ryan Greene, Clinical Director
Krista Mobley, Executive Director
Pinnacle Treatment Center

VOSH Consultation Services Overview
Bill Brewer, Safety & Health Consultant
Brian Moubray, Safety & Health Consultant
Virginia Occupational Safety & Health

All the presentations from the Safety Seminars can be found here.

We greatly appreciate all the presenters’ time and efforts in addressing VTCA’s Aggregate Producer safety professionals.

Below is a quote from an email from one of the Safety Seminar attendees:

“Good job with the VTCA seminar. I learned quite a bit yesterday and made some good connections. And the food was also very good. I would definitely say it was a huge success. Even though attendance seemed low, I think it was very productive.”