Newsletter - Oregon Independent Aggregate Association

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Mary McNatt – Chairman
Jerry Davidson- Vice Chairman
Kellie Ramar - Secretary
Andrew Siegmund – Treasurer
Dan Kauffman
Bert Brundige
Melissa Mullins
Roy Garrison
Jim Jeffries
A publication of the
Oregon Independent Aggregate Association
PO Box 571
Stayton, Oregon 97383
www.oraggregate.com
Oregon Independent Aggregate Association
Newsletter
February 2015
OIAA donates to the Discovery Forest Pavilion
The Oregon Garden, located at Silverton, is the home of a new Discovery Forest Pavilion. The
structure is built primarily from donations made by the timber industry and related industries.
The Oregon Garden is an 80 acre botanical garden that showcases Oregon's nursery business.
Beginning in 1997 with a grand opening in 2002, this destination garden features 20 specialty
gardens within its boundaries. The Oregon Garden Resort was added in 2008 and offers 103 guest
rooms.
The Rediscovery Forest began life as a Christmas tree patch gone wild. OFRI (Oregon Forest
Research Institute) partnered with the Oregon Garden to tame the tree patch and turn it into an
education project that sees thousands of school age students and many adults attend classes that
teach about the life cycle of Oregon forests. Until now those classes have all been under the trees
which resulted in lots of rain soaked students. This shelter will be a tremendous asset in the teaching
of classes. When not used as a classroom, the Discovery Pavilion may be rented by special groups
coming to the Garden.
The aggregate industry works closely with the timber industry in Oregon as well as the nursery
business and tree growing business so this educational opportunity is a nice complement to the
education aspect of OIAA.
Mary McNatt
Chairman
Oregon Garden’s Discovery Forest Pavilion
2015 SCHOLARSHIP
OIAA IS PROUD TO PRESENT OUR Third ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP
Do you know of a deserving student that is pursuing a career related to the construction, aggregate or
forestry industry?
This year’s scholarship is named in Honor of the Siegmund Family, Louis K. Siegmund and in
Memory of Ralph L. Siegmund .
The Siegmund family has been serving customers in northwest Oregon for more than 60 years.
Siegmund Excavation & Construction, Inc. is led by the father-and-son team of Lou and Andrew
Siegmund, who work in both the construction and forestry sectors. Andrew is the third generation
of the Siegmund family to work in the Oregon woods. Lou’s father, Ralph, started his own logging
company in the 1940s, and have been doing this line of work ever since! For more information
about Siegmund Excavation and Construction go to their webpage www.siegmundexcavation.com
Andrew also currently serves as an officer and board member for OIAA.
Scholarship Information and applications are available on our website
www.oraggregate.com
DON’T DELAY - REGISTER FOR YOUR REFRESHER TRAINING TODAY
Registration for the March 5th class closed on February 23rd.
NEW INSTRUCTOR FOR 2015
Part 46 Refresher Training
Adele Abrams
OIAA is proud to present a new Part 46 trainer in 2015 “ Adele Abrams”
Adele Abrams is an attorney and Certified Mine Safety Professional who is president of the
Law Office of Adele Abrams, in Maryland - a 10 attorney firm representing employers in MSHA
and OSHA litigation. She also conducts training and safety audits, as well as consulting on
program development. Adele has been named Safety Professional of the Year four times by
the American Society of Safety Engineers and is a regular columnist on safety and legal
matters for Aggregates Manager and other publications. She is co-author of several books on
mine and occupational safety and health.
Adele will be conducting two Part 46 Refresher training classes, both hosted by OIAA. The
first class will be in Roseburg Oregon on March 5th at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. The
second class will be held on April 9th at the Linn County Fair and Expo in Albany, Oregon.
Registration for both these classes will begin on February 1st. This training is FREE to all
OIAA members. We expect these classes to fill up quickly so please get registered early. A
registration form is available for download on our website. www.oraggregate.com
These classes are free to OIAA members. Lunch will be provided at both training events
REGISTRATION FORMS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT OUR WEBSITE
Registered for the March 5th class as of February 14, 2015 are a follows: If you have registered but
your company name is not listed below please call Kellie at (503) 849-5583. If you plan to attend the
March Class get your registration form in as soon as possible.
Coast Road Construction (7)
Roseburg Forest Prod. (4)
J. Davidson & Sons (2)
Shorts Quarry (4)
Kytola & Luscombe (13)
Weyerhaeuser (3)
You still have plenty of time to register for the April Class but it is filling up fast
Exclusive for OIAA Members!
Adele Abrams has offered to have a monthly drawing for one free hour of legal consultation services. The
services will include a review of MSHA citations or general discussion via phone on any MSHA-related issues
by one of her 10 MSHA-focused attorneys. We will randomly draw a member’s name each month. I will post
the name of the company in that month’s newsletter. It will be the responsibility of the member to contact
Adele’s office for the hour of free legal consultation. To do this you will call 301-595-3520 ask for Adele
Abrams or you can contact her via e-mail at [email protected] to set up your consultation. Be sure to put
“OIAA Consultation” in the subject line.
You can find more information about Adele on her website
www.safety-law.com. Our association is very fortunate to have this opportunity offered to us. This offer
expires one year after the month it is posted in the newsletter.
Congratulations ………Bond Butte Quarry
Bond Butte Quarry is the winner of the Adele Abrams free drawing for February 2015. Remember it is your
responsibility to contact Adele.
Kim Redding continues to offer a “FREE” Compliance Inspection for OIAA Members
Kim Redding, N-Compliance Safety Services, Inc., will conduct a FREE Compliance Inspection of an OIAA
member every month. To qualify, you must be a current member in good standing. We will select, at random,
a winner each month. The inspection will last for two hours. The value of this free inspection is approximately
$ 1,000. N-Compliance Safety Services, Inc. has approximately 250 clients in the Western United States,
including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. parks.
If your company is chosen you will need to contact Kim Redding directly to set up an appointment. Kim may
be reached at [email protected] or via cell phone (360) 870-2371. Offers expire one year after
announcement posted in the newsletter
Congratulations…………Kytola & Luscombe
Kytola & Luscombe is the winner of the Free N-Compliance Safety Services, Inc compliance inspection for the
month of February 2015. Don’t forget to give Kim Redding a call to get your appointment scheduled (Kim’s
information is listed in the article above)
$afepro Mine Safety & Health Law Institute lives on.
For those of you that were fortunate enough to attend the Safepro Mine Safety & Health Law
Institute with Frank Adkins know how valuable and helpful that information has been to you.
With the unfortunate passing of Frank last year his college Beau Thomas will continue with
the law institutes. If you have not been to one of these week long seminars it is definitely
worth attending. The next one will be May 18th thru 22nd in Savannah , Ga. They do fill up
very fast as space is usually limited to 25. Frank will be dearly missed but NEVER forgotten.
A Note from Beau Thomas:
Being raised in a mining family in western North Carolina you could say mining is in my blood. It is
my belief that the mining industry is the backbone to our nation and the men and women who choose
this career are the most humble with the ability to make lemonade out of lemons like no other
profession. I’m talking about people who work all day then come over to your house and mow your
yard or help in the garden because you are sick and unable. Frank recognized this and when he saw
the struggle that government caused these good people he decided to do something about it and he
did with $afepro.
I worked with Frank as an associate for the past 6 years but had known Frank for all of my
professional life. During my 16 years working in the mining industry Frank was always available
when circumstances called for consultation. I first attended his institute in 1995 and again in 2003.
When I started working on my own in 2008 Frank asked me to join him in assisting with $afepro. The
message of $afepro is true and simple; communicate to miners their rights and entitlements so
informed decisions can be reached when MSHA inspectors visit your operations. Frank cast a large
shadow on the mining industry and my wish is to continue his endeavor to enlighten all miners of their
rights in relation to the law. I am confident that the spirit of $afepro will continue because I learned
from the best.
$afepro Mine Safety & Health Law Institute
May 18th-22, 2015 in Savannah, GA
Call 828-766-6611 or 828-385-2930 to register
This course will cover all of the Federal mine safety laws and emphasize the training requirements
of the ACT. Successful completion of the course will result in MSHA Part 46 instructor
competence. This combination will allow your Managers, Supervisors and Safety Officers to meet
the inspectors on equal terms and reduce both citations and accidents. The $afepro Mine Safety and
Health Law Manual Vol. VIII will be furnished to all students. This is always a popular Institute
and gives you the tools to best handle MSHA inspections. Registration will be closed at the
first 25 enrollees.
Industry-active certified instructors and I will teach the Institute courses. The cost of the course is
$1500.00.
"Cutting Edge Jobs Grow On Trees"
Be sure to stop by our booth at the the Logging Conference next week . It opens on Thursday
February 19th and continues thru Saturday the 21st until 2PM. Saturday is Family day. There
are several kid friendly events held in the Pavilion. Come by, bring the family meet some of
our board members and pick up a US flag to proudly display .
Each day at 2PM we will be having a drawing for a $ 50.00 Cabela’s gift card and on Saturday
we will have two “Kids Only” drawings for four $ 25.00 Cabela’s gift cards. The kids drawings
will be held at 11:00 and 1:00 . The gift cards for Saturdays drawings are generously
donated by GeoDesign. We will also be handing out bags of rock candy each day.
Stop by and say Hi.
2015 Board Meeting Schedule
February 18th
10 AM - KPD Office Conference Room - Springfield
April 22nd
10 AM - KPD Office Conference Room - Springfield
June 24th
10 AM - Location to be announced
August 26th
10 AM - Location to be announced
October 14th
10 AM - KPD Office Conference Room – Springfield
December 9th
10 AM - KPD Office Conference Room – Springfield
(December 9th will be the annual work session meeting Board Members Only)
Our meetings are open to all our members. We would love to hear what is happening
at your company and if there is anything you would like to share with the association.
Remember your association can only be as good as you help make it.
Please continue to check our website and newsletters for updates. If you have any questions regarding the association,
please contact us at [email protected].
2015 Schedule of Events
March 5, 2015 – Part 46 Refresher Training – Douglas County Fairgrounds
Roseburg, Oregon
April 9, 2015 – Part 46 Refresher Training – Linn County Fair & Expo in Albany
Oregon
Registration forms available on our website www.oraggregate.com
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board of directors your article will be published in the following newsletter.
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