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 CMPA was formed, and has dedicated himself to the position of Chairperson since his election …
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 of 2005 including: The review of the Work Safely Reference Manual which is the resource …
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 Department of Primary Industries relates to an incident that occurred in Queensland. INCIDENT A person …
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 and hopefully limit the possibility of it being used as a tool for terrorists. It …
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 Committee. The CMPA subsequently placed a submission to the inquiry essentially supporting the position suggested …
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 to mines and quarries across the state. The blitz mainly targeted areas such as Road …
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 Courses have now been incorporated to include the conversion process for all interested attendees. As …
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 it glow. Leading manufacturers of heavy-duty machinery, including Caterpillar, John Deere, Komatsu, and Tamrock, are …
Briony Rowley, CMPA Associate Committee Secretary On Thursday 8 September the Associate Committee gathered at Komatsu in Campbellfield to hold their second meeting for 2005. The meeting was chaired by David Batson, Vice Chairperson, on behalf of Andrew Lambing who was unable to attend. All committee positions were up for re-election. Bob Jones, acting on …
Information session attended by Tony Tamburro, Conundrum Holdings The Chain of Responsibility currently applies under driving hours and dangerous goods regulations. New provisions in the Road Safety Act 1986, mean that as of 30 September 2005 the Chain of Responsibility also applies to mass and dimensions limits and load restraint requirements. The Chain of Responsibility …