Modern Quarrying October-November 2015

FACE TO FACE WITH ASPASA

offices to revise its health and safety audit document. Input from these specialists will be built into the revised programme and circulated for comment. It will also be sent to the DMR for their input. Pienaar says this document is a liv- ing document and needs to remain up to date with all minimum requirements, “so that we as an industry can comply. We have developed a document for borrow pits and other small operations.”

constantly assess and look out for risks in their areas of operation. If we identify a risk, do something about it and then re-evaluate every so often to ensure the risk has effectively been negated,” he urges. H&S At the time of writing this article, a group of dedicated health and safety practi- tioners were gathering at the Aspasa

He urges that should any practitioners or line managers have any issues about the audit programme, to please send him your input so that it can be included. “South African quarries that are mem- bers of Aspasa are on par with the best quarries internationally,” he adds. “We are extremely proud of the standards that our members have worked so hard to establish.”

Report and photographs by Dale Kelly.

Blasting & Excavating demonstrates its pre-blast procedures to delegates.

Aspasa members were invited to watch a blast at Peninsula carried out by blasting specialist Blasting & Esxcavating.

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