On 1 December 2025 the Occupational Health and Safety (Psychological Health) Regulations 2025 came into effect. These regulations were created to protect employees from psychological injury and give Victorian employers clear advice on how to identify hazards and manage risks to psychological health. The new regulations make it clear that, just like physical threats, Victorian…
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WorkSafe has partnered with The Alfred Hospital to offer free health assessments to eligible workers in the quarrying industry to identify any crystalline silica related disease. The Alfred Occupational Respiratory Clinic (AORC) is located at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. Why…
The ERTS Forum on 11 March 2026 was chaired by Mark Glenister, Acting Manager, Earth Resources and Silica. WorkSafe’s definition of Workplace Exposure Standards (WES) will be replaced by the new term, Workplace Exposure Limits (WEL), the limit that must…
Dr Elizabeth Gibson General Manager CMPA provides the CMPA submission to WorkSafe Victoria’s Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Workplace Exposure Limits) Regulations. WorkSafe Victoria provided the opportunity to comment on the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Workplace exposure limits) Regulations…
We recently updated the CMPA ‘Working Safely with Geotechnical Risk in Quarries’ Guideline. While we featured new content relating to Section 8 of the guideline in the last Sand & Stone, the following new content relates to Section 9. 9.1…
Every Victorian worker deserves to return home safely at the end of their shift. It’s a principle that drives WorkSafe Victoria’s engagement with workplaces across the state, including those in Victoria’s extractives industry, such as quarrying, mining and supporting businesses.…
Heat illness occurs when the body cannot sufficiently cool itself. Factors that contribute to this include: temperature humidity amount of air movement radiant temperature of surroundings clothing physical activity (metabolic heat load). Heat illness covers a range of medical conditions…
We recently updated the CMPA ‘Working Safely with Geotechnical Risk in Quarries’ Guideline, with Issue 4 providing more detailed information for quarry managers, leading hands and operators in controlling geotechnical risk. The following new sections have been added: 8.3 Unused…
The Earth Resources Tripartite Safety (ERTS) Forum on the 3 September 2025 was chaired by Chris Owens, Manager, Earth Resources and Silica. WorkSafe Victoria provided an OHS Regulation review update Workplace Exposure Standards (WES) refer to airborne concentrations of certain…
Emerging Silicosis Detection and Treatment: A Look at New Developments in Lung Health. The Common Good is an initiative from the Price Charles Hospital Foundation. As awareness of silicosis and its devastating effects on workers in industries like mining and…
A recent incident near a water body resulted in the complete submerging of a 75 tonne excavator in a flooded quarry pit. At the time of the incident, the excavator operator was positioning the powered mobile plant on a bench…