Sarah Andrew, CMPA Project Manager GUARDING BLITZ Members should be aware that the DPI is preparing an auditing blitz targeting guarding for the first quarter of 2006. The Christmas break would be an opportune time to ensure that all guarding…
Tom McKenny, Roving Reporter It was through this, that the training resource titled ‘Work Safely Reference Manual’ was developed. The Work Safely Reference Manual has been supported with training at a Certificate II level to ensure that it is well…
Grant Phillips—CMPA Chairperson Briony Rowley, CMPA Administration Officer Grant Phillips, CMPA Chairperson and Director of Castella and Yarra Valley Quarries, has supported the Association since its inception in 2000. Grant has been a Member of the Management Committee since the…
VECCI ECONOMIC UPDATE Supplied by VECCI www.vecci.org.au For further information please contact: Daniel Sheehan (03) 8662 5227 dsheehan@vecci.org.au IN THE PIPELINE The CMPA is still quite busy with a number of different projects currently underway and planned for the remainder…
Safety Alert—Queensland Fatality—Prime Mover Rim Assembly Failure The CMPA would like to ensure that all Members are aware of the number of fatalities that have occurred due to accidents involving tyre rims. The following Safety Alert, supplied by the NSW…
Dangerous Goods (High Consequence Dangerous Goods) Regulations The Dangerous Goods (High Consequence Dangerous Goods) Regulations were recently released by WorkCover with the intention of managing high consequence dangerous goods such as products containing more then 45% ammonium throughout the state…
Sarah Andrew, CMPA Project Manager SENATE INQUIRY INTO WORKPLACE EXPOSURE TO TOXIC DUSTS Members may be aware from last newsletter that the CMPA was recently invited to comment upon the inquiry being held by the Federal government’s Community Affairs Senate…
Traffic Management/Mobile Equipment Blitz John Mitas, DPI Manager Minerals & Extractive Operations In the months of June and July 2005, inspectors from the Minerals and Extractive Operations Group conducted a Mobile Plants/Traffic Management blitz. This involved inspectors conducting unannounced visits…
Red Card Update Earlier in 2005 the CMPA, in conjunction with Box Hill Institute of TAFE, facilitated update courses for those who had attended Work Safely training in the past to receive recognition for the Red Card. All Work Safely…
Alex Gondidis, Roylance’s P/L High Intensity Discharge is also known as Gas Discharge. The light is produced by an arc in a small Xenon gas filled quartz tube, as opposed to passing an electric current through a filament to make…