Briony Rowley, CMPA Administration Officer Under the provisions of the new Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, employee representatives are now able to conduct surprise workplace inspections. To hold a permit a person must be an officer or permanent employee…
Briony Rowley, CMPA Administration Officer Wednesday 1st June saw over 70 employers, employees, regulators, educators and manufacturers gather in a wet and windy Lilydale for the third CMPA Hazard and Risk Identification Workshop. This Workshop, run in a similar fashion…
Briony Rowley, CMPA Administration Officer The CMPA AGM and Dinner are fast approaching! Date: Saturday 13th August, 2005 Time: Annual General Meeting from 5:15pm, Opening of CMPA Dinner at 6:30pm Location: The Premiere Function Centre, Traralgon This year’s event includes…
Mary Thompson, CMPA Treasurer, Tylden Quarries On April 14th, Fran Bailey, MP Federal Member for McEwen and Minister for Small Business & Tourism attended a site visit to Tylden Quarries based out of Tylden, near Kyneton. Fran Bailey attended the…
Sarah Andrew, CMPA Project Manager Every now and again the CMPA receives an update on the quarrying industry in the United Kingdom. One such update arrived on April 1 and, if it weren’t for the date on the letter, we…
Barry Taylor, ILM Services Lubrication and its importance to production and maintenance levels is often ignored, and in some cases even discarded. As simple as lubrication may seem, it is actually one of the most important issues to be addressed…
Andrew Lumb, Nevett Ford Silica has been a topical subject of late. The National Occupational Health and Safety Commission has from 1st January 2005 amended the National Exposure Standards for crystalline silica, and for quartz the standard has been changed…
Tom McKenny, Roving Reporter The sharp escalation of a Crown Land licence fee has pressured a central Victorian dimensional stone quarry to the brink of closure. Mr Oliver contacted the CMPA both dismayed and at a loss of how to…
Summary of Updates NOHSC BECOMES ASCC On Monday 7th February, the National Occupational Health & Safety Commission (NOHSC)became the Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC),under the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. The changes to NOHSC were flagged by the…
Regulatory Activities—Mining and Extractive Sectors John Mitas, Operations Manager, DPI