In a survey conducted late last year the CMPA’s analysis of the number of people operating Work Authorities under a commercial lease has also yielded accurate results. The results of the survey highlighted the seriousness of this issue with 57% of the Work Authorities sampled operating in conjunction with a lease arrangement. Recent data received …
Book Early for the 2003 AGM Preparation is well underway for the 2003 Annual General Meeting and Dinner. William Adams has again provided the venue and Tim Connellan of NEM Communications has agreed to follow up his brilliant job as Master of Ceremonies last year. Invitations are currently being printed and will arrive in the …
Figures recently obtained from the Department of Primary Industry prove that research conducted by the CMPA is both accurate and representative of the industry. The CMPA’s February proposal to the Quarry Managers Advisory Panel (QMAP) shows accurate alignment of the relationship between employee hours and annual tonnage in the Work Authority Site Classification for Quarry …
Chief Inspector of Quarries, John Mitas, a regular at CMPA meetings, discussed regulation and compliance as well as giving a brief on recently reported safety incidents at GM#12. The incidents included a fall from a loader, engulfment in a crushed rock bin, a contractor driving off a quarry face and a bulldozer driving blade first …
In an industry heavily regulated through Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental legislation a business requires the cooperation of all persons involved to keep the business afloat. Safety policies, management systems and procedures are only as good as the ability of people in the work place to use them. In the last issue of CMPA …
In June 2002 Galli Quarries was awarded the contract to supply 250,000 tonnes of quarry materials to John Holland Pty. Ltd. for the Carlsruhe section of the Calder Freeway. This contract presented Galli Quarries with an opportunity to demonstrate the quality of its crushed rock and its ability to service a major project located some …
In the first of this two part series Peter Bentley of Bentley Consulting discussed the relationship of the Native Title Act to public and private land, time frames for reporting of archaeological finds and the role of archaeologists and the Aboriginal Community in assessing the finds. In this half of the story Mr Bentley discusses …
A recent decision handed down by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) has seen a two tiered increase to existing award rates. The minimum adult wage will now increase by $17 to $448.40 a week. Employees on a rate above $731.80 a week will be entitled to a $15 a week pay increase. This comes …
The Construction Material Processors Association is aware of the many pressures currently being brought to bear on the small business operator. These pressures are all inclusive and involve physical, financial, and legislation and government pressures. The CMPA has put in place a “Business Support Board” for the specific purpose of addressing at least some of …
In a recent New Zealand quarrying fatality, a crusher operator was killed when the conveyor belt that he was standing on ran backwards due to a component failure in the head drum. The accident occurred after the operator stopped the 30 metre conveyor and locked it out apparently because of slippage in the head drum. …