Certificates of Competency or the lack of them
By Andy Loader. It is common knowledge that there is a shortage of Quarry Managers who hold current certificates of Competency (CoCs). This situation has...
Category : Health & Safety
WorkSafe advice on silica dust
According to WorkSafe, construction work has a big potential to produce silica dust that can cause serious lung disease and its removal from a worksite,...
Hazardous substance safety
This month (December) the new Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017 come into force and apply to all workplaces that manufacture, use,...
Oh dear – beer for breakfast The problem with OSH statistics
It is Saturday morning at the bauma show in Munich. I am sitting with a large group of young German chaps breakfasting on Bavarian beer,...
SMA for Waterview's tunnels
This article first appeared in Q&M‘s February-March issue. Q&M magazine was invited into the nearly completed Waterview tunnels in Auckland to witness one of the safety...
Replacing toxic chemicals
Using bacteria to extract valuable minerals from ore is showing the potential to replace toxic chemicals such as cyanide in the mining industry. Toxic byproducts...
Exposure to silica dust
It can safely be assumed that exposure to silica dust does not pose a serious threat to underground and surface miners – it’s largely unique...
H&S Directory: Who does what
When it comes to health and safety in the quarry industry it can be confusing working out the regulatory agencies and representative associations, so we...
Why you need good liability insurance
More changes to the country’s universal accident compensation scheme could prove very expensive for employers caught under new health and safety legislation. Our accident compensation...
The problem with OSH workplace safety stats
You can’t tackle workplace safety if you don’t know exactly what the problem is and, to do that, you need accurate information, and accurate information...