Safety Alert—Queensland Fatality—Prime Mover Rim Assembly Failure The CMPA would like to ensure that all Members are aware of the number of fatalities that have occurred due to accidents involving tyre rims. The following Safety Alert, supplied by the NSW…
Dangerous Goods (High Consequence Dangerous Goods) Regulations The Dangerous Goods (High Consequence Dangerous Goods) Regulations were recently released by WorkCover with the intention of managing high consequence dangerous goods such as products containing more then 45% ammonium throughout the state…
Sarah Andrew, CMPA Project Manager SENATE INQUIRY INTO WORKPLACE EXPOSURE TO TOXIC DUSTS Members may be aware from last newsletter that the CMPA was recently invited to comment upon the inquiry being held by the Federal government’s Community Affairs Senate…
Traffic Management/Mobile Equipment Blitz John Mitas, DPI Manager Minerals & Extractive Operations In the months of June and July 2005, inspectors from the Minerals and Extractive Operations Group conducted a Mobile Plants/Traffic Management blitz. This involved inspectors conducting unannounced visits…
Red Card Update Earlier in 2005 the CMPA, in conjunction with Box Hill Institute of TAFE, facilitated update courses for those who had attended Work Safely training in the past to receive recognition for the Red Card. All Work Safely…
Alex Gondidis, Roylance’s P/L High Intensity Discharge is also known as Gas Discharge. The light is produced by an arc in a small Xenon gas filled quartz tube, as opposed to passing an electric current through a filament to make…
Briony Rowley, CMPA Associate Committee Secretary On Thursday 8 September the Associate Committee gathered at Komatsu in Campbellfield to hold their second meeting for 2005. The meeting was chaired by David Batson, Vice Chairperson, on behalf of Andrew Lambing who…
Information session attended by Tony Tamburro, Conundrum Holdings The Chain of Responsibility currently applies under driving hours and dangerous goods regulations. New provisions in the Road Safety Act 1986, mean that as of 30 September 2005 the Chain of Responsibility…
Bobbie Symons, CMPA Management Committee I attended a conference where one of the guest speakers was a lecturer in Industrial Relations, her address was on a University study on the use of mobile phones in the workplace. The lecturer asked…
Mark Pitham, Groeneveld Australia When we talk about maintenance and the associated costs, we look for the most reliable service provider and the most opportune time to carry out that maintenance so as to minimise the effect on the bottom…