Due to an unprecedented response to the 2016 National Industry Scholarship Grant Initiative to support the development of women’s leadership in the sector, the National Scholarship Grant Committee have made… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: March 2016
Australia’s Workplace Relations Tribunal backs quarry safety efforts
The tribunal has backed a quarry operator’s decision to terminate the employment of a worker who flouted site safety policies. The recent Fair Work Commission (FWC) ruling related to Metro… Read more »
Utah quarry worker killed after falling 300 feet in dump truck
A miner at died at a Utah quarry earlier this month after the dump truck he was in fell 30 feet into the quarry water below. (Source: Aggregates Manager) Click… Read more »
Rock fall at Papua New Guinea mine claims life of Ok Tedi worker
A man has died at Papua New Guinea’s Ok Tedi mine, forcing operations to be suspended less than two weeks after they were restarted. (Source: ABC News Australia) Click here… Read more »
Secretariat Meeting – 15 March 2016
Seminar with The Hon Jacinta Allan, Minister for Transport and the Victorian Civil Construction Industry Alliance, Melbourne, Elizabeth Gibson in attendance.
Secretariat – Site Visits – 17 March 2016
Site visits to were conducted to Voting Members in the Geelong area by Elizabeth Gibson and Gavin Moreira.
Members Day – 16 March 2016
Members Day / Dust Management workshop in Corio including a site visit to Local Mix Quarries in Anakie.
Mines safety alert no. 322 | 10 March 2016 | Version 1 Worker injured in pugmill accident
A quarry worker was standing in an elevated pugmill (see photos below) preparing to clean the additive spray bar nozzles at the head of the pugmill. A co-worker on the… Read more »
Significant Incident Report No. 239 – Low-voltage arc flash during switching operation | 11 March 2016
An electrician was performing a low voltage (415 V AC) switching operation on a switchboard. There were problems isolating an individual switch (rated for 4,000 A). The worker attempted to… Read more »
Serious Accident – Surface Limestone
A haul truck operator was hauling raw material from the extraction area downhill towards the primary plant, on a 5 percent grade haul road. The truck operator did not maintain… Read more »