Author: April Everitt

Meeting with Minerals Development Victoria regarding it’s future directions following on from the Supply and Demand report, Melbourne, attended by Dr Elizabeth Gibson.

An Invitation from the CMPA. A further round of workshops on two critical issues in the Extractive Industry will be held next month: ‘Working Safely with Geotechnical Risks in Quarries’ … Continued

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued a near-miss accident alert about an accident involving a 75-year-old dozer operator who was pushing overburden on a waste pile when the … Continued

Surface Traprock – A loader operator was travelling down a 14% sloped roadway in a small articulated open -station loader which was equipped with ROPS and a seat belt. The … Continued

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reports that, on March 22, 2016, a 42-year old lead man with six years of mining experience was fatally injured at a surface limestone … Continued

Two companies were fined a total of $1.5 million in the Supreme Court last week over the death of a worker who fell 40 metres when a piling rig collapsed … Continued

A work safety authority has concluded an investigation into the death of a quarry owner whose business was found to be in breach of health and safety laws. WorkSafe New … Continued

Worker injured by a discharging fire suppression cylinder A tradesman at a mine processing plant was helping to dismantle a redundant fire suppression system. While he was manoeuvring the cylinder … Continued

The following 17 Codes of Practice have been revised and updated to correct minor technical and drafting errors: Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Demolition Work Managing Noise and … Continued

According to WorkSafe statistics, almost 30 per cent of all workplace deaths in Victoria occur on farms, despite the fact that agriculture employs just 3 per cent of Victorian workers. … Continued