MSHA has issued a hazard alert warning of the dangers when loading hoppers. A front end loader operator was loading sand into the feed hopper. He dismounted from the cab… Read more »
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NSW: Safety warning issued over truck rollovers
The NSW Resources Regulator recently issued a warning about truck rollover incidents following a rise in the number of rollovers over the past three years. Click here for related link
Cementing A Jobs Boost For Echuca
Minister for Regional Development, Jaala Pulford, on the 9th January 2017 officially opened a new Product Innovation Science Lab Centre in Echuca, to complement E.B Mawson & Son’s Concrete and… Read more »
Secretariat Meetings to 03/02/17
25.01.17 – Meeting in Melbourne to discuss native vegetation submission Jillian D’Urson, MCA; Noel Laidlaw, POAV; Roger Buckley, CCAA and Lisa Gervasoni, VFF and E. Gibson, CMPA. 31.01.17 – Meeting… Read more »
Perth tyre recycling company fined after worker loses fingers in workplace incident
A Perth-based tyre recycling company has been fined $80,000 following a workplace incident in which a worker’s fingers were amputated by a tyre shredder. The company was fined in the… Read more »
CMPA – Progressive Rehabilitation Guideline Workshop
We would like to advise you that CMPA is holding a Workshop on “Progressive Rehabilitation in Quarries” Date: Thursday 23 February, 2017 Where: Best Western Frankston International, 383 Nepean… Read more »
Miner dies after falling into hopper at Atlanta Sand & Supply
A 62-year-old employee at the Atlanta Sand & Supply Co. in Georgia fell into a hopper at approximately 5:20 a.m. Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, WMAZ reports. Click here for related link
Secretariat Meetings to 14/12/16
01.12.16 Business lunch with Minister for Energy, Environment, Climate Change and Suburban Development, The Hon Lily D’Ambrosio, Melbourne, E. Gibson 05.12.16 Site visits to potential 2018 Annual Dinner venues, G… Read more »
Illegal dumpers beware as EPA now has eyes in the sky
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has launched an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Program to capture video evidence of illegal dumping and polluting. Click here for related link
Company, directors fined for quarry death
A company and its two directors have been fined after pleading guilty to failing to comply with Australian health and workplace standards – a failure that resulted in the death… Read more »