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 to retrieve two 55-gallon drum lids from the hopper, when he fell into the hopper and became engulfed by the sand.
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.
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 quarrying business.
The Andrews Labor Government has underwritten the development of the new centre, which will boost jobs and productivity, with a $75,000 grant from the Regional Jobs and Infrastructure Fund.
Funding will support construction, purchasing lab equipment systems, IT, and safety equipment, project management, design and approvals.
The new lab project, which will boost production, save costs, enable quicker response times and generate product innovation, will create 8 new full time jobs, bringing the company’s total workforce to 338.
The investment will provide a boost in business and construction for Echuca, which means more jobs for the region across the supply chain.
Construction is due to commence in February 2017, with completion expected by August 2017.
E.B. Mawson & Sons Proprietary Limited is a publicly listed company established in regional Victoria in 1912 with 13 quarry sites and 29 concrete plants across Victoria.
The new centre will enable Mawson’s to test and review materials, products and control measures for new and existing customers in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia.
The Labor Government is getting on with supporting initiatives across regional and rural Victoria that build critical infrastructure, create jobs, help create dynamic communities and support new and emerging industries.
Quotes attributable to Minister for Regional Development Jaala Pulford
“We’re proud to be a part of a project that supports the construction industry, generates jobs, creates innovative products and promotes economic growth in regional Victoria.”
“The new science lab is set to provide a significant boost to the Echuca region and has strong support from the local community.”
Quote attributable to Member for Northern Victoria Jaclyn Symes
“The Andrews Labor Government is investing in real employment opportunities that sustain and grow our local economies – this is a prime example of a company that will help the Echuca community thrive.”
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 Perth Magistrates Court on Monday after pleading guilty to failing to provide and maintain a safe workplace, thus causing serious harm to an employee.
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 Highway, Frankston
Time: 8.30am to 4.30pm
Cost: $125 (Members) – $150 (others)
Morning tea and lunch provided. Includes a site visit by mini bus to QRR quarry in Langwarrin.
The purpose of the workshop is to develop an extractive industry guideline and to provide participants with appropriate management practices required to progressively rehabilitate a quarry.
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.
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has launched an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Program to capture video evidence of illegal dumping and polluting.
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 of 21-year-old man Sean Scovell.