Meeting with Minerals Development Victoria regarding it’s future directions following on from the Supply and Demand report, Melbourne, attended by Dr Elizabeth Gibson.
Posts By: Abby Eager
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An Invitation from the CMPA. A further round of workshops on two critical issues in the Extractive Industry will be held next month: ‘Working Safely with Geotechnical Risks in Quarries’… Read more »
Near-miss alert for dozer accident (MSHA – USA)
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued a near-miss accident alert about an accident involving a 75-year-old dozer operator who was pushing overburden on a waste pile when the… Read more »
Serious Accident
Surface Traprock – A loader operator was travelling down a 14% sloped roadway in a small articulated open -station loader which was equipped with ROPS and a seat belt. The… Read more »
MSHA issues blasting fatalgram, offers best practices
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reports that, on March 22, 2016, a 42-year old lead man with six years of mining experience was fatally injured at a surface limestone… Read more »
Companies fined $1.5m after man dies in rig collapse
Two companies were fined a total of $1.5 million in the Supreme Court last week over the death of a worker who fell 40 metres when a piling rig collapsed… Read more »
No charges to be laid after quarry death
A work safety authority has concluded an investigation into the death of a quarry owner whose business was found to be in breach of health and safety laws. WorkSafe New… Read more »
Mines safety alert no. 323 | 29 March 2016 | Version 1
Worker injured by a discharging fire suppression cylinder A tradesman at a mine processing plant was helping to dismantle a redundant fire suppression system. While he was manoeuvring the cylinder… Read more »
Revised Codes of Practice
The following 17 Codes of Practice have been revised and updated to correct minor technical and drafting errors: Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Demolition Work Managing Noise and… Read more »
WorkSafe Campaign urges farmers to turn tables on deadly toll
According to WorkSafe statistics, almost 30 per cent of all workplace deaths in Victoria occur on farms, despite the fact that agriculture employs just 3 per cent of Victorian workers…. Read more »