This Safety Alert highlights some of the hazards associated with working outdoors and follows recent incidents including the death of an employee from a snake bite. (Source: WorkSafe Victoria).
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Department of Industry Resources and Energy – NSW Mine Safety publishes a reportable incidents summary each week (NSW).
The weekly summary shows the total reportable incidents for:
- Level 1 to 3 incidents
- Injuries
- High potential incidents
- Fatalities
WorkSafe Victoria also has up to date Safety Alerts – Click here to go to related link.
Seminar with Michel Masson, CEO Infrastructure Victoria, Melbourne, attended by Dr Elizabeth Gibson, General Manager CMPA.
The CMPA is very sorry to hear of a fatality that occurred on Monday 23rd May 2016 at a quarry in Plumpton Victoria.
The male driver of a truck has passed away after the truck appears to have rolled down an embankment. As you can appreciate the information is limited at this time.
(Source: WorkSafe Victoria)
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued a Close Call Alert after a triaxle dump truck overturned at a crushed stone operation on May 4.
The truck was hauling and dumping material onsite at a designated waste dump. Ground conditions had been inspected prior to the truck stopping at the ramp of the dump site. A spotter was positioned in a safe location to observe dumping and was in constant radio communication with the truck driver. As the driver started raising the truck bed to dump, the truck listed toward the driver’s side. Alerted by warnings from the spotter, the driver attempted to lower the bed, but the truck overturned. The truck driver was wearing a seatbelt and exited the cab unharmed (Source: Mine Safety & Health Administration USA)
The importance of workers having first aid and safety training in the workplace. (Source: Queensland Times)
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A construction company was last week convicted and fined $50,000 over an incident in which a concrete truck tipped over and seriously injured a worker after unknowingly setting up on top of a temporarily covered ventilation shaft. (Source: WorkSafe Victoria)
A family business has been fined $15,000 as part of an ongoing investigation of alleged unlawful waste dumping at a Salt Ash Quarry site. (Source: Newcastle Herald)
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Haul truck collides with grader on active dump – 13 April 2016 (Source: Government of WA – Dept of Mines and Petroleum Resources Safety)
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16.05.16 Associates Committee meeting, at Oli Vibrators, Bayswater
18.05.16 Management Committee meeting, Kilmore