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Guard against crushing plant hazards
Crushing plant is some of the most dangerous equipment in a quarry - accidents are not common, so we become complacent. Read about three examples of crushing plant accidents.
Recent News
24 October 2008
Angas Zinc Mine Visit
Committee members toured new underground operation and process plant construction site.
24 October 2008
Seminar - your input needed
Leaders seminar for quarry managers, team leaders and future leaders of our industry.
24 October 2008
Exploratory Drilling
Industry urged to review safety procedures for exploratory drilling after a worker was injured on the Yorke Peninsula.
24 October 2008
The dangers of using hammers on hardened steel
Serious injury occurred through use of a steel sledgehammer to change the bucket teeth of an excavator
23 October 2008
A blast at Penrice
Read about the Penrice mine's impressive approach to safety and quality.
16 June 2008
Lightning strikes truck
A large unattended dump truck recently struck by lightning demonstrates the dangers of electrical storms on stationary equipment.
16 June 2008
Fire traps operator in salt harvester
An operator narrowly escaped serious injury in Western Australia when a fire occurred within a salt harvester.
15 June 2008
Changes to the QuarrySAfe program
The program now features a major projects program for quarries that wish to be leading workplaces in protecting their employees from risks to health and safety.
15 June 2008
Dust monitoring project underway
Dust monitoring trials have commenced within four local quarries.
07 January 2008
Warning on heat stress
As work resumes across South Australia following the holiday break, SafeWork SA is urging care be taken to avoid the ill-effects of heat stress.
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