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 Preventing Hearing Loss at Work
- How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace
- Excavation work
- First Aid in the Workplace
- Spray Painting and Powder Coating
- Labelling of Workplace Hazardous Chemicals
- Preparation of Safety Data Sheets for Hazardous Chemicals
- Managing the Risks of Plants in the Workplace
- Managing Electrical Risks in the Workplace
- Construction Work
- Confined Spaces
- Hazardous Manual Tasks
- How to Safely Remove Asbestos
- Welding Processes
- Preventing Falls in Housing Construction
(Source: Safe Work Australia)
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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. A new campaign will highlight agriculture’s deadly toll and call on farmers to reduce workplace risks by taking a few moments to think about safety before beginning a task or project. (Source: WorkSafe)
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Meeting of the Extractive Industry Taskforce (Supply and Demand study), DEDJTR, attended by Dr Elizabeth Gibson, in Melbourne.
Industryreference group meeting, ERR, DEDJTR, Melbourne, attended by Dr Elizabeth Gibson.
Meeting of the Earth Resources Ministerial Advisory Council in Ballarat, attended by Dr Elizabeth Gibson.
Due to an unprecedented response to the 2016 National Industry Scholarship Grant Initiative to support the development of women’s leadership in the sector, the National Scholarship Grant Committee have made the decision to provision further funding and extend the deadline for applications until 29th April 2016. (Source: Ian Johnson National Scholarship Liaison -Women & Leadership Australia)
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The tribunal has backed a quarry operator’s decision to terminate the employment of a worker who flouted site safety policies. The recent Fair Work Commission (FWC) ruling related to Metro Quarry Group’s appeal of an earlier FWC decision made in September 2015, which ordered the Victoria-based quarry operator to pay more than $11,500 to a former employee for unfair dismissal. (Source: Quarry Magazine)
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A miner at died at a Utah quarry earlier this month after the dump truck he was in fell 30 feet into the quarry water below. (Source: Aggregates Manager)
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A man has died at Papua New Guinea’s Ok Tedi mine, forcing operations to be suspended less than two weeks after they were restarted. (Source: ABC News Australia)
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Seminar with The Hon Jacinta Allan, Minister for Transport and the Victorian Civil Construction Industry Alliance, Melbourne, Elizabeth Gibson in attendance.
