There’s been steady progress on site safety, but there’s a heap more to do, according to WorkSafe’s new Chief Inspector Extractives. HUGH DE LACY explains.
LIKE THE TWO people who preceded him at WorkSafe’s High Hazards Unit (HHU), Paul Hunt feels he has his work cut out for him to accelerate the uptake and embedding of the...
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, or exposure control, is essential for worker safety.
Silica is a natural substance found in materials on construction sites, such as concrete, bricks, rocks, stone, sand and clay. Dust...
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, handle and store hazardous substances.
IT IS ESTIMATED that Kiwi workers are 10 times more likely to die from work-related health risks such as hazardous substances than...
At the AQA AGM, held during the combined AQA and IOQ 49th industry conference, the association chair summed up the situation for the industry. By ALAN TITCHALL.
"THE ONLY THING that is constant is change," said AQA chair Brian Roche, quoting the wise words of a Greek philosopher.
“The winds of change are certainly again blowing for...
At the AQA AGM, held during the combined AQA and IOQ 49th industry conference, the association chair summed up the situation for the industry. By Alan Titchall.
"The only thing that is constant is change," said AQA chair Brian Roche, quoting the wise words of a Greek philosopher.
“The winds of change are certainly again blowing for...
WorkSafe New Zealand’s deputy chief inspector, Extractives, David Bellett, made a presentation about health and safety legislation at the 2017 QuarryNZ conference in Auckland. ALAN TITCHALL was there.
TALKING TO DELEGATES at a special WorkSafe presentation on health and safety, David Bellett acknowledged that leading quarrying...
Alan Titchall visits Matamata to talk with industry veteran George Cunningham who has clocked up over six decades in the extraction industry.
QUARRY INDUSTRY veteran George Cunningham has prepared for my visit with a pile of documents festooned with sticky notes, and a child’s jigsaw puzzle.
He has been cleaning out his home office...
The Aggregate and Quarry Association has fired a public relations salvo at Environment Canterbury’s (ECAN) proposal to bring in a ‘no tolerance’ ban on any dust beyond a quarry’s boundaries.
AQA chair Brian Roche says for ECAN to announce a ‘no tolerance’ approach to any dust of any kind beyond a quarry boundary beggars...
While a new concept in the extractives industry, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is now a key element in maintaining industry roles and competency certificates, including the A and B quarry manager’s certificates. By HUGH DE LACY and ALAN TITCHALL.
This is an updated version of a previously published online article.
It’s...
While a new concept in the extractives industry, Continuing Professional Development is now a key element in maintaining industry roles and competency certificates, including the A and B quarry manager’s certificates. By Hugh de Lacy and Alan Titchall.
('Demystifying CPD for quarries' is an updated version of the previously...
