The description of the equipment and process may not reveal the significant role that the asphalt milling machine plays in road construction, but it is key. The asphalt milling machine — also known as ...

In 2003, an industry came together to find a way to control workers’ exposure to respirable crystalline silica during asphalt pavement milling in highway construction. Approximately 367,000 U.S.

Gary Fore, a now retired vice president of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), Lanham, Md., leads a voluntary partnership of asphalt-paving industry organizations that is researching and ...

A new document from NIOSH and the Silica/Asphalt Milling Machine Partnership contains best practices for equipment manufacturers, equipment owners, and highway contractors for preventing workers’ ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Even as the finish line for the MoPac Improvement Project is in sight, drivers will have to temporarily deal with some asphalt changes. KXAN recently received a Report It from a viewer ...

While the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to revamp its outdated silica-dust standard, a voluntary partnership of asphalt-paving groups is closing in on recommended methods to ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — Motorists traveling on Highway 17 in Mount Pleasant should prepare for lane closures starting Sunday at 7 p.m. due to asphalt milling and paving work. The roadwork is ...