A meeting was held with the Red Tape Commissioner, Dr Matthew Butlin and Daniel Norrie (DTF; and Basil Natoli (Bell Cochrane & Associates) and Dr Elizabeth Gibson CMPA to raise… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: December 2015
Secretariat Meeting – 21 December 2015
Earth Resources Reform Steering Committee, DEDJTR, a meeting with Industry Associations and Earth Resources Government Staff to be informed and have input into the current reform program of the Earth… Read more »
Safety Alert – Fires ignite while refuelling mobile plant with quick-fill fuel systems
There have been several related incidents of diesel fuel fires occurring on mobile plant while they were being refuelled. Click here for related link.
Secretariat Meeting – 10 December 2015
VicRoads (Graeme Newman) / CMPA Technical Committee Meeting (Dr Elizabeth Gibson, CMPA; Mark Wagner, Conundrum Holdings; Craig James, E.B. Mawson & Son; Bill Payne, Quarry Crete), Northern Quarries, at Epping… Read more »
CMPA Membership Survey – Prize Winner
The purpose of the CMPA Member Surveys (Voting and Associate) is to establish member priorities and direct the Association’s resources accordingly. 2015 CMPA Members Survey Participation Prize Winner – Mr… Read more »
Telco start-up could benefit quarry industry
A new Australian telecommunications start-up promises to provide more economical machine to machine communications solutions for a range of industries, including quarrying. (Source: Quarry Magazine) Click here for related link.
NZ launches guidelines in response to fatalities
After a succession of fatalities this year, New Zealand has unveiled good practice guidelines for quarrying. (Source: Quarry Magazine) Click here for related link. Click here for link to Guidelines.
Safety alert – Sudden burst of truck tyre
INCIDENT:– While reversing an electric drive haul truck to a parked position last month, the driver’s off-side (position two) tyre suddenly failed and burst. Pressurised air was blast into the… Read more »
Safety alert – Workers hurt when pressurised fluid escapes
INCIDENT:- While carrying out weekend maintenance activities on an excavator in October, three workers were exposed to a high pressure fluid release ending in two people being taken to hospital… Read more »
Use of Best Practices to reduce injuries from non-powered hand tool accidents
Injuries from hand tools accounted for the third-most common injuries in the aggregates injury. Use of these best practices can reduce injuries from non-powered hand tools. (Source: National Stone, Sand… Read more »