DAVID O’BRIEN, Managing Director of Prosper Valley Enterprises provides an insight into his family’s venture into quarrying. I feel most readers may be somewhat surprised that a tiny quarry which operates with no power, no plant, no buildings, no fuel storage facilities, only limited machinery and produces per year what the bigger quarries produce in a day is …
Minister Launches Geotech Guideline DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides a summary on the launch of the CMPA’s latest guidline. The CMPA was pleased that the Minister for Energy and Resources The Hon Lily D’Ambrosio MP launched the CMPA Guidelines “Working Safely with Geotechnical Risk in Quarries” at the workshop held in Kinglake on 18 …
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA reports on the progress by ERR on Improving the Regulation of the Earth Resources Sector. There has been some progress towards implementation of the Action Plan for Earth Resources Regulation (ERR), Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (DEDJTR) that was developed as a result of a statement of expectations …
Is your supplier a ‘CMPA Preferred Supplier’? The CMPA has continued its aim of supporting members by lifting standards in the manner in which Members’ conduct their business activities; be it training, networking, occupational health and safety, industry-regulator relationships or the way we have conveyed our input into legislative changes. Support the suppliers who support you. CMPA Associate Members supply quality …
CMPA Secretariat reports on the successful day recently held in the north east of Victoria for CMPA members. On 18 February 2016 the CMPA held a second workshop (previously held in 2015) to expand on the collective knowledge of its members and to inform them of their responsibilities with respect to “Working Safely with Geotechnical Risk in Quarries”. …
Implications for Quarry Owners – Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Bill 2015 DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA discusses amendments to the Aboriginal Heritage Bill 2015. The CMPA recognises and respects the State’s Aboriginal Heritage and Culture and the need to preserve significant and important sites. The CMPA also supports responsible, balanced legislation that is in the best …
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides the following comments supplied by the CMPA on the “Implementation Plan for Public Reporting”. The Resources Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 has amended the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 (“Act”) to introduce public reporting of work carried out under licences and extractive industry work authorities (EIWAs). The amending provisions …
An extract from the WorkSafe Victoria website, advises that as a small business operator, you need to be aware of your health and safety responsibilities and identify and control workplace hazards. The following outlines workplace health and safety hazards which inspectors regularly find during visits to small businesses. It also describes some of the injuries or illnesses which …
The Guideline “Working Safely with Geotechnical Risk in Quarries” together with the CMPA’s Work Safely Reference Manual aims to support CMPA members in meeting the requirements of the Victorian Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 by ensuring that: Geotechnical hazards associated with quarry ground movement and quarry operations are identified, assessed where required and then controlled in a manner to reduce the …
GAVIN MOREIRA, Members Services Manager for the CMPA provides a report on the latest incidents as reported by WorkSafe Victoria. The latest Earth Resources Tripartite Safety Forum was held at WorkSafe in Melbourne on 24 February 2016. The following information relating to incidents in quarries was presented. Visits to quarries 1 July 2015 to 31 January 2016 …