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30 November 2010
MAQOHSC has moved
MAQOHSC has moved to new premises at Keswick

30 November 2010
Are you SunSmart?
Over the past couple of years MAQOHSC has funded a skin screening program designed to detect possible skin cancers among the state's mining and quarrying workforce.

12 November 2010
Cement Concrete Aggregates Australia Environment & Health & Safety Awards 2010 (South Australia)
MAQOHSC congratulates the winners of the innovation awards presented at the Cement Concrete Aggregates Australia Environment and Health & Safety Awards night held on 23 October 2010.

12 November 2010
Unplanned initiation of an electric detonator by an electronic detonator firing unit
This alert is to advise the users of electronic initiation systems of the incompatibility which electric detonators have with the firing box for the electronic detonator system.

26 October 2010
Shotfirer hit by falling shotcrete
Serious injuries sustained after worker hit by falling shotcrete.

26 October 2010
Contractor suffers serious burns
A fire erupted during the refuelling process which seriously burnt a contract employee.

26 October 2010
Water tanker rollover at haul road intersecton
A water tanker failed to negotiate a left hand turn at a 90 degree T-intersection of two haul roads and rolled over to its right through 270 degrees coming to rest on the passenger's side.

13 July 2010
OHS in SA quarries
On the eve of their departure from MAQOHSC, we asked Greg Dodd and Kathy Wilde of Safety Valve Consulting - how safe are our quarries?

13 July 2010
Alcohol - how much is too much?
How much can the average healthy person drink without being at risk of developing alcohol related diseases?

13 July 2010
Introducing David Wakelin
Recently we welcomed David Wakelin as a new Senior Field Officer.