GAVIN MOREIRA, Members Services Manager for the CMPA provides a brief report on the latest incidents as reported to WorkSafe Victoria. The latest Earth Resources Tripartite Safety Forum was held via MS Teams back on 22nd February 2023. The following…
Tracey Wall (née Kinder) Communications Support Officer for Kinder Australia Dust is a by-product for almost all quarrying and dry bulk material processing industries. Where there is disturbance there is dust – and given that the industry is focused on…
Permit To Work (PTW) Requirements. Hot WorksHot Works are activities that involve the introduction of a flame or spark and have the potential to cause a fire if that flame or spark combines with fuel and oxygen. Tasks such as…
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Psychological Health) Regulations Information about the proposed regulatory change to create Victoria’s first psychological health regulations available athttps://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/occupational-healthand-safety-amendment-psychological-health-regulations. OverviewOn 17 May 2021, the Victorian Government committed to introducing regulations to better prevent workplace psychological hazards…
TARA KINSMAN, Compliance Manager for Burdett Sands provides a report on the new Take 5 booklet. It has been over a year in design and trialling with employees but the new Burdett Group Take 5 booklet is now operational across…
WorkSafe Inspector Powers – Victoria Under the Workplace Safety Legislation and Other Matters Amendment Act 2022 (Vic), WorkSafe inspectors have the power to issue a prohibition notice or give directions relating to a serious risk to the health or safety…
ANITA MACARTNEY, Director Mactown Consulting Mactown Consulting has partnered with WorkSafe Victoria to develop tailored safety tools for small quarries, to help operators meet their legal occupational health and safety (OHS) obligations and improve how they document systems of work.…
TRACEY WALL, Communications Support Officer for Kinder Australia. Conveyor belts are used to convey a variety of bulk materials and are exposed to constant and unrelentless environmental conditions, extreme wind, precipitation, heat and humidity. There is the real and visible…
GAVIN MOREIRA, Member Services Manager of the CMPA provides an extract from the CMPA’s latest guideline – Workplace Noise Management. The latest CMPA Guideline “Workplace Noise Management” aims to provide members with an understanding of industry best practices in managing…
Prepared by David McKelvie (Safemix) for CMPA Members. David has been a Workforce / Associate member of the CMPA since 2013. Objective of the Regulations:The Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Crystalline Silica) Regulations 2021 came into operation on 15th November…