Heat illness occurs when the body cannot sufficiently cool itself. Factors that contribute to this include: temperature humidity amount of air movement radiant temperature of surroundings clothing physical activity (metabolic heat load). Heat illness covers a range of medical conditions that canarise when the body is unable to properly cope with workingin heat. These conditions …

We recently updated the CMPA ‘Working Safely with Geotechnical Risk in Quarries’ Guideline, with Issue 4 providing more detailed information for quarry managers, leading hands and operators in controlling geotechnical risk. The following new sections have been added: 8.3 Unused or infrequently used roads and quarry benches If roads and benches are out of use …