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Officers

President: Chrystal A. Dye, HCC Safety Academy dyec@hutchcc.edu
Vice President: Omar Franco, Pearson Construction ofranco@pearsonconstructionllc.com
Treasurer: Carla Gustafson, Jacam carla.gustafson@jacam.com
Secretary: Brenda Neal, HCC Safety Academy nealb@hutchcc.edu

Application for Chapter Membership

Upcoming Events

Quarterly SSC Meeting – August 8, 2023 at KAPA-KRMCA in Topeka, KS
12th Annual Fundraiser at Powder Creek – August 18, 2023
Quarterly SSC Meeting – November 8th at Jacam Catalyst in Sterling, KS
KAPA-KMRCA Annual Conference – January 10-12, 2024
3rd Annual Flint Oaks Fundraiser – May 16, 2024

2nd Annual Flint Oaks Fundraiser – 2023

11th Annual Powder Creek Fundraiser – 2022

SSC Powder Creek Sporting Clay Shoot Fundraiser 2022
APAC Shears Team

10th Annual Fundraiser – 2021

This was our 10th Annual Scholarship Fundraiser, 5th clay shoot fundraiser. This was our biggest turnout so far. We had 73 amazing shooters and a great team of volunteers to make this event a great success. We are looking at having two fundraiser in 2022. A huge thank you to all sponsors and contributors who made this event possible and for all the shooters who participated.

Current News

Please note all meetings have been placed on hold due to COVID-19 outbreak. We are planning to begin in person meetings in January 2022. We held our annual officers election at the fundraiser, since most of our members were present. We issued 3 – $1000 scholarships this year. One of our recipients was at our fundraiser. Below are the amazing people who participated in our event. We gave awards to the best team and the best individual. Thank you to all!!!!

We raised $8,400 from sponsorships and $4,900 from raffle tickets and shooters. Our grand total was $13,300.

Our Station Sponsors were:

Monarch Cement Co.
Foley Equipment
C & C Trucking
B & B Hydraulics
Pusell Holdings
VanKeppel
Buckley Powder
United Rental
Kansas Brick & Tile
Bob Bergkamp
KCA
Ash Grove – Louisville
APAC – Shears
Road Builders
Berry Tractor
Cornejo
Midwest Minerals
Air Source Technologies
Ash Grove – Overland Park, KS
Holiday Sand and Stone/APAC-Kansas City
Cintas Fire Protection
KAPA-KRMCA
Concrete Supply/Builders Choice
Astec Industries
NR Hamm
Bayer Construction
Wachter

9th Annual Fundraiser – 2020:

The great team of people who came out in 2020 to support our 9th annual SSC fundraiser.

MSHA Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety & Health David Zatezalo presenting at 2020 Spring Thaw

2020 Spring Thaw Scholarship Sponsors

A big thanks going out to all of or Spring Thaw Sponsors!

Hutchinson Salt Company $200
B & B Hydraulics $400
Ash Grove Cement Company Louisville Nebraska $200
Cornejo $200 and Provided Lunch
Midwest Minerals $200
Micro Lite LLC $200
Lyons Salt Company $200
Bob Bergkamp Construction $200
Buckley Powder $200
Bayer Construction $200
Komatsu Mining Corp $400
Harshman Construction $200
The Monarch Cement Company $200
Southwest & Associates Inc. $200
Wachter $200
Mid-States Materials LLC $200
Van Keppel $200
United Rental $200
OSR Fluid Solutions Branch 28K $200
DXP Enterprises $200
Pomp’s tire $200
Scotwood Industries, Inc. $200
Independent Electric $200
APAC Hutchinson Provided Breakfast, Drinks
Flint Hills Technical College Provided Facilities for Spring Thaw

Annual Scholarship Fundraiser 2019

*$6,500 raised from station sponsors, and roughly $1,500 from raffle prizes and entry fees paid.*
*A BIG THANKS to our **2019 Scholarship Donation Club** for all their contributions!!!!*

Robert Small MSHA Topeka Field Supervisor (left) and Wayne Palmer MSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary (right) pose for the sporting clay awards presentation. The winner was not present for the ceremony, his team member accepted the award on his behalf.

2018 Holmes Award “Woman of the Year”

Carla Gustafson accepts the Holmes Safety “2018 Woman of the Year Award”. The award was presented by Glen Poe and William Gerringer at the National Holmes Meeting in Virginia Beach June 20th, 2019.

Annual Scholarship Fundraiser 2018

*$5,000 raised from station sponsors, and roughly $2,000 from raffle prizes and entry fees paid.*

Sunflower Safety Council Scholarship

The Sunflower Safety Council is giving away scholarships to young adults or adults seeking continued education. We are looking for applicants that have a mining relationship with a mining company within the Topeka, KS MSHA footprint; has a mining, mine support (diesel mechanic, electrician, blasting, etc.), geology or safety major in mind.

We would welcome all companies to solicit throughout their company and any educational institutes they are connected to. The more information we distribute, the more applicants we can reach.

Scholarship Guidelines

SSC Scholarship Application

2018 Holmes Meeting Denver CO

2017 National Award: Surface Metal/Nonmetal

2018 Spring Thaw

2017 Sunflower Safety Members

FYI

MSHA’s Proposed Rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines, Public Hearing Notice; and MSHA’s Request for Information on Exposure of Underground Miners to Diesel Exhaust, Public Meeting Notice…

Click on the icons below for the hyper link to the MSHA web-site.

Work Place Exam Link Above…

Diesel Exhaust Link Above…

JACKSON KELLY PLLC – MSHA ENFORCEMENT

MSHA ENFORCEMENT UPDATE

Arkansas Mine Safety & Health Conference 2008

Part 100 Overview