Posts Categorized: News

Review of water policy stakeholder forum, Bendigo, attended by Dr Elizabeth Gibson.

Meeting with Luke Wilson, the Lead Deputy Secretary DEDJTR, with regards to the work plan process, Melbourne, attended by Mr Ron Kerr and Sarah Andrew from Conundrum Holdings and Dr… Read more »

Meeting with Minerals Development Victoria regarding it’s future directions following on from the Supply and Demand report, Melbourne, attended by Dr Elizabeth Gibson.

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »