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Ginners Marketplace COTTON FARMING IS THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE GINNING INDUSTRY.

Inspections Update Under New Administration As we have discussed in previous articles, there has been a significant number of Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspections in Texas over the past few years. The primary reason for the uptick is the higher number of injuries being reported to the agency in response to the updated OSHA reporting rule. If you are unfamiliar with that rule, refer to the January 2015 edition of Cotton Ginners Marketplace for a full discussion.

OSHA Inspections Now that we are several months into the new administration, I believe we have seen enough to be able to contrast OSHA operations under the two presidents. I don’t know that the inspection numbers have changed under the new administration. The reason is that inspections are typically generated by an OSHA report from the employer or an employee. This system is not likely to change anytime soon.

I believe the changes have happened in what occurs after an inspection. First, citations are issued in a much more reasonable manner now. Previously, it seemed that OSHA would try to use each citation to push the boundaries of its regula-

tions, which is exactly what the previous OSHA administrator had said he would do. Now the citations seem to be more in line with what the regulations allow. In addition, regional folks are focused on addressing safety issues and working out citations, rather than pushing the envelope.

Going forward, I think the reporting rule will continue to cause more inspections. But the good news is the inspection results generally appear to be much better, and the process seems to be going more smoothly with the new leadership.

Wage And Hour Inspections The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor also came through West Texas with three crews of inspectors who spent two weeks scouring the country. They were checking for compliance with the Migrant and Seasonal Worker Protection Act regulations. Their issues included proper payment practices, proper bonus payment calculations, housing issues and hiring procedures.

There were very few concerns with the way our gins paid workers. There were several issues with migrant housing, which always seems to be the case with these types of inspections. The main problems we found worth talking about include the proper use and handling of the WH-516 and WH520 forms.

The WH-516 must be provided to all migrant workers when

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All machinery is offered “as is, where is” (unless noted otherwise) and is subject to prior sale.

“As is” machinery can be repaired/reconditioned for an additional charge.

1 – Consolidated 96” R-5000 Stick Machine* 2 – Consolidated 120” R-5000 Stick Machines* 1 – Lummus 60” overshot Standard Battery Condenser* 1 – Consolidated 72” undershot Standard Battery Condenser* 1 – Consolidated 72” undershot MC Battery Condenser* 1 – Belt-Wide 75-HP Flooded-Suction Hydraulic Booster Pumping Unit

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1 – Lubbock Electric Hydraulic Pumping Unit for Gin Dor-Les® or E.E. Dor-Les® Press (single reservoir with multiple motor/pump groups)

1 - Complete 2/141 Gin Plant consisting of: Unloading System with 15” diameter single-lane Powered Telescope, Rock Trap with Trash Vacuum, 72” Unloading Separator/Feed Control with Vacuum Wheel and Flight-Saver, and No. 50 Unloading Fan; First-Stage Drying/Precleaning System with Continental 3 MBTU Burner and No. 40 Push Fan, 54” Tower Dryer, 96” Continental Inclined Cleaner with Vacuum Wheel over 96” Horn 3-Saw Stick Machine (with double 96” x 24” Vacuum Wheels), Second-Stage Drying/Precleaning System with Continental 3 MBTU Burner and No. 40 Push Fan, 54” Tower Dryer, 96” Continental Inclined Cleaner with Vacuum Wheel over 96” Continental 2-Saw Stick Machine; Distribution/Overflow System with Continental 2-Stand Conveyor Distributor and 72” Automatic Overflow Hopper with Breaker Cylinder; Feeding/Ginning System with two (2) Continental 141-Saw Gins (converted) and 96” Comet Supreme Feeders; Lint Cleaning System with four (4) 66” wide Continental 16-D Lint Cleaners (two tandem arrangements); Condensing/Pressing System with 50” Moss Battery Condenser, 20” x 54” Continental Bespress, and Bale Handling System with Bale Push Cart (manual) and Bagger (powered); five (5) Smith 35/40 Centrifugal Fans (only one season of operation)

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they are hired and must be filled out completely and properly. If you are unfamiliar with this form, be sure to get familiar with it before next year. The biggest problem we are having involves the period of employment. We have been putting the hire date as the beginning of employment and “end of ginning season” as the end. They want a date in both blanks. We are in the process of trying to convince them that we cannot put a fixed end date in this contract. We hope to get this issue worked out with the DOL soon.

We were unfamiliar with the WH-520. This form is required youPage have1migrant housing and describes the terms and con3 template 3/7/14 3:26if PM ditions under which you are providing the housing.

They also had originally insisted we include an employee’s full Social Security number on the paystub. We convinced them that having the number in an X’ed out format would be adequate and much safer from an identity theft standpoint.

We are still working through these issues with the Wage and Hour folks, but we hope to come to an agreeable solution soon. It was good to see that the issues they found were fairly narrow in scope. For the vast majority of concerns related to migrant workers, our gins seem to be right on track.

If your cotton gin’s moisture system is older than your picker/stripper, you are probably leaving money on the table.

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Kelley Green, director of technical services for the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association, contributed this article. Contact him at Kelley@tcga.org.

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2017 ■ June 9: 82nd Delta Council Annual Meeting, 10:30 a.m., Bologna Performing Arts Center, Delta State University, Cleveland, Miss.

■ June 13-15: Cotton Incorporated June Meeting, Dallas, Texas ■ June 15: Calcot Ltd. Board of Directors Meeting, Phoenix, Ariz.

■ June 21-24: CWAA Meeting, Benson Hotel, Portland,Ore. ■ June 21: Staplcotn/Stapldiscount Board Meeting, Greenwood, Miss.

■ June 21: Plains Cotton Cooperative Association Board Meeting and Delegate Body Meeting, Lubbock, Texas ■ June 29-30: Arizona Cotton Ginners and Growers Joint Meeting, Flagstaff, Ariz.

■ July 10-12: Southern Southeastern Mid-Year Board Meeting, Marriott Grand Dunes, Myrtle Beach, S.C. ■ July 10-12: Southern Cotton Ginners Association Summer Meeting, DoubleTree by Hilton Lafayette, Lafayette, La. ■ July 12: Plains Cotton Growers Inc. Board Meeting, Bayer Museum of Agriculture, Lubbock, Texas ■ July 20: Calcot Ltd. Board of Directors Meeting, Phoenix, Ariz.

■ Aug. 8-10: Cotton Board/Cotton Incorporated Joint Meeting, Durham, N.C. ■ Aug. 16: PCCA Board Meeting and Delegate Body Meeting, Lubbock, Texas ■ Aug. 17-18: 2017 American Cotton Producers/Cotton Foundation Joint Summer Meeting, Westin Buckhead Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, Ga.

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■ Aug. 23-25: National Cotton Council Mid-Year Board Meeting, Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn.

■ Sept. 20: PCCA Annual Meeting, Lubbock, Texas ■ Sept. 20: PCCA Board Meeting, Lubbock, Texas ■ Sept. 20: Staplcotn/Stapldiscount Annual Meeting, Greenwood, Miss.

■ Sept. 25: Calcot Ltd. Board of Directors/Auditors Meeting, Phoenix, Ariz.

■ Sept. 26: Calcot Ltd. Board of Directors Meeting/90th Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Ariz.

■ Oct. 11: PCG Inc. Board Meeting, Bayer Museum of Agriculture, Lubbock, Texas ■ Oct. 18: PCCA Board Meeting and Delegate Body Meeting, Lubbock, Texas ■ Dec. 5-7: Cotton Board/Cotton Incorporated Joint Meeting, St. Petersburg, Fla.

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■ Nov. 15: PCCA Board Meeting, Lubbock, Texas

■ Dec. 20: PCCA Board Meeting and Delegate Body Meeting, Lubbock, Texas

2018 ■ Jan. 3-5: Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Marriott Rivercenter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas ■ Feb. 9-11: NCC Annual Meeting, Omni Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas ■ April 5-6: TCGA Annual Meeting and Trade Show, Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Lubbock, Texas

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■ Aug. 20-22: NCC Mid-Year Board Meeting, Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, Nashville, Tenn.

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