Bureaucratic Reporting As Required by the Obama Administration -- MDU

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This report is being filed in accordance with section 1503 of the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act." On May 24, 2011, Connolly-Pacific Co., an indirect subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc., received an imminent danger order issued by the Mine Safety and Health Administration under section 107(a) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 at the Pebbly Beach Quarry on Catalina Island, California. The order was issued upon the observation of rock loading near a high wall that was deemed unsafe. A berm has been erected and signage placed to prevent access to the area while the company considers further action to address the matter. 

And then folks wonder why some of us dislike federal regulations. 

I wonder if the sign needs to be written in eighteen different languages. I doubt the sign absolves MDU of any litigation if someone ignores the sign and falls off the rock.

For similar filing, click here. 

This Is How The Government Wastes Your Money -- Recent MDU Mandated Filing

For investors only. I hope you all clicked on MDU's most recent Form 8-K filing so you didn't miss any important investing information. 

This report is being filed in accordance with section 1503 of the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act." On April 26, 2011, Hawaiian Cement, an indirect subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc., received an imminent danger order issued by the Mine Safety and Health Administration under section 107(a) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 at the Waikapu Quarry in Wailuku, Hawaii. The order was issued when a customer was observed standing on top of a loaded truck but was not wearing fall protection. The customer proceeded to climb off of the truck and the order was terminated. 

I can't make this stuff up.

How much time was wasted reporting this to the government that a man in a gravel truck did not have his hard hat on? This kind of garbage now buries important filings.

By the way, this is a common ploy in any bureaucracy, especially the military: Inundate one's superiors with stuff like this to hide the one meaningful, but embarrassing, report.

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