Have you seen the agenda for the upcoming Underground Stone Conference on the PACA social media sites? The speaker lineup is crazy good and should not be missed! Check it out below.
Please take a moment and register to attend this week's Underground Stone Conference (Thursday, October 5th) at Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.; 700 Cherrington ParkwayMoon Township, PA 15108, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
8:30 – 9:00
Registration
9:00 – 9:05
Welcome, Antitrust & Confidentiality Statements & Introductions - Peter Vlahos, Josie Gaskey
9:05 – 9:30
John Stefanko, DEP Deputy Secretary of Active & Abandoned Mines & Rich Wagner, DEP Director, Bureau of Mine Safety
9:30 – 10:00
Dr. Stephen G. Sawyer, Jr., PhD, PE - Director, NIOSH Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
NIOSH Mining Health and Safety Research in PA and Beyond
10:00 – 10:45
Cheryl Spellman - Operations Manager, Pennsy Supply, A CRH Company
Pennsy Supply Research Update
10:45 – 11:00 BREAK
11:00 – 11:30
Nicole Evanek - Geologist, NIOSH
Utilizing 3D LiDAR Scanning to Analyze Ground Control Hazards
11:30 – Noon
Arthur M. Wolfson -Partner, Fisher Phillips LLC
Promoting Mental Wellbeing as Part of Mine Safety
Noon – 12:45 LUNCH
12:45 – 1:15
Dr. Brett M. Hakey - US DOE, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Critical Minerals & Materials Program at NETL
1:15 – 1:45
John Morgan - Sr. Vice President, RESPEC
Highwall Stabilization and Ground Control – Underground Mine Design
1:45 – 2:15
Gregory M. Rumbaugh - Technical Support, Roof Control, MSHA
Ground Control in Stone Mines
2:15 – 2:30 BREAK
2:30 – 3:00
Gamel Rashed - Mining Engineer, NIOSH
Using S-Pillar in Underground Stone Mine Pillar Design and Understanding Limitations
3:00 – 3:30
Vasu Gangrade (Mining Engineer)/Marcia Harris (General Engineer)
NIOSH
NIOSH Research on Ventilating Large Opening Stone Mines
3:30 – 4:30 Adele Abrams
Safety Lawyer, The Law Office of Adele Abrams
MSHA Proposed Silica Rulemaking and its Impacts
