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Knife River claims no evidence of man bumping his head
27 August 2010
(Beaumont, Texas) -- Last October, Vancie Thomas sued the Knife River Corporation alleging he bumped his head on the roof of a truck. On July 26 Knife River filed a motion for summary judgment, asserting Thomas "has no evidence which supports that he visited the company's premises on the date when he alleges the incident occurred."...
A hearing on the matter has been slated for Aug. 20 in Judge Donald Floyd's 172nd District Court.
In his suit, Thomas, an Axerum Trucking employee, says he was picking up a load of sand from Knife River on Dec. 12, 2008.
Allegedly, a Knife River employee "improperly dumped a load" in the truck, causing it to lift up into the air and slam back into the ground, court papers say.
"Plaintiff claims he hit his head on the roof of the truck's cab as a result of Knife River's negligence," the company's motion states. "However ... there is no evidence that he was at the Knife River location at the time of the accident."
Knife River further contends that there are no documents, reports or witnesses to corroborate Thomas' story.
Court papers show Thomas has died since the filing of his lawsuit.
Plaintiff's attorney Tom Oxford, of Waldman & Smallwood, has asked the court to abate Knife River's motion for six months "to see if any living relative comes forward" to carry on the action.
Knife River is represented by Thomas Fee, attorney for the Dallas law firm of Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo.
By David Yates
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Knife River CEO testifies to House of Representatives
03 August 2010
NSSGA Chairman Bill Schneider, president and CEO of Knife River Corp., testified July 27 before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the status of the stimulus and impacts on the aggregates industry...
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Knife River celebrates reduction of injury rates
19 January 2010
(BISMARCK, North Dakota) -- Knife River Corporation employees marked the 11th-consecutive year with reductions in injury and illness rates, reaching overall recordable incidence rate and lost-time accident rates far below the national average. In the past 11 years, Knife River has reduced its injury and illness rates by more than 75 percent.
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Martin Marietta Announces Retirement of CEO Zelnak; Nye to Assume CEO Position
12 November 2009
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE: MLM) today announced that Chairman and CEO Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr., 64, will retire mid-year 2010 after leading the Company for over 27 years, first as a division of the aerospace company that is now Lockheed Martin Corporation, and since 1994 as a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Mr. Zelnak will continue as executive Chairman of the Board until his retirement and then become non-executive Chairman of the Board.
Mr. Zelnak joined Martin Marietta as Vice President, Planning and Business Development in 1981 at the Company’s Bethesda, Maryland, headquarters. In 1982 he was appointed President of the newly constituted Aggregates Division based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and in 1987 he was elected an officer of the parent corporation.
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Knife River – Awarded $19.9 Million TxDOT Contract
05 November 2009
Knife River is contracted to transform 6.1 miles of the loop into full six-lanes of driving surface with left and right turn lanes and an improved median. Knife River’s primary estimator on this project, Glenn Ruckel, said it is a complex job in a highly traveled area of Longview.
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Knife River – Southern Idaho Division Awarded $12.7M ITD Project
21 September 2009
Knife River Corporation’s Southern Idaho Division, based in Boise, was recently awarded a $12.7 million Idaho Transportation Department project on Interstate 84.
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Knife River Corporation Hosts U.S. Representative Jim Oberstar
14 August 2009
(SAUK RAPIDS, Minnesota) -- Minnesota’s U.S. Representative Jim Oberstar (D), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was given a first-hand look at the nation’s drastic need for long-term infrastructure funding.
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MDU Resources: The best utility of them all?
15 April 2009
I have always been a big fan of the safety and income potential of the nation’s utility industry. With the economy in shambles, few utilities have the potential they once did, but MDU Resources (NYE:MD) is looking as good as ever.
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Knife River continues stellar safety record
26 January 2009
(BISMARCK, North Dakota) -- Knife River employees recently marked 10 years of safety performance improvements, reaching overall recordable incident rates and lost-time accident rates far below the construction industry average. Since 1998, Knife River has achieved a 75 percent reduction in its injury and illness rates.
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Are Holcim, Cemex, Lafarge or Heidelbergcement in your top 20?
25 January 2009
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