As the nation moves to adopt the Work Health and Safety Act, commencing 1 January 2012, senior management and directors should start to look closely at their responsibilities for all occupational health and safety issues. By JOHN SMITH of VECCI…
PETER MCCLUSKY provides an update on the Victoria Limestone Producers Association. A successful Terang Field Day – Reducing Soil Acidity via Liming. The Commonwealth’s Caring for Our Country program is continuing to provide funding for soil health extension programs involving…
IAN MCLEOD, Acting General Manager, Minerals and Extractive Operations, discusses proposed changes to work plan requirements. THERE are significant changes that are currently being developed to the legislation that is used to regulate mines and quarries in Victoria. Both industries…
BRUCE MCCLURE, reports on the proposed changes to Dangerous Goods (Explosives) Regulations 2011. WORKING in the hard rock, gravel, sand, masonry, clay, lime, soil, gypsum or recycling; a considerable number of our Members use explosives as part of their method…
This latest safety alert from the DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland looks at incidents involving traffic controllers. THE purpose of this alert is to highlight the hazards and risks to workers performing traffic management and…
STEPHEN RICHARDS, owner/manager of Richards Quarries & Concrete from the Victorian High Country, recently visited the West Coast of the USA. Here he reports on his visit to a quarry operation at Corona, 75km east of Los Angeles, California. STEPHEN…
NATA accreditation in Construction Materials Testing (CMT) is currently undergoing change with the new system being implemented over three years. The new system is outlined in NATA Policy Circular 26. At the time of writing, the policy is currently under…
With operating conditions restricting the re-opening of a productive Victorian granite stone quarry, BRUCE MCCLURE looks at the possible demise of dimension stone quarrying in Central Victoria. THE CMPA was notified late last year by the DPI that the Work…
BRUCE MCCLURE, CMPA’s General Manager reports on the use of primary production registered trucks to commercially cart Quarry Products. A number of Members have raised with the CMPA the situation where some vehicles registered for primary production are also being…
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA’s Administration Officer reports on the development of WorkSafe Victoria’s latest Guidance Note Preventing falls from quarry faces. In March 2011, WorkSafe Victoria released a Guidance Note for Preventing falls from quarry faces with the intention of highlighting…