By Wayne Scott, joint chief executive of the Mining Extractive Health and Safety Council (MinEx) and the Aggregate and Quarry Association, AQA
I’m issuing a challenge to our extractive sector for some poor performance on guarding machinery which puts people at risk.
And I hope it shows WorkSafe and its Minister, Iain...
By Wayne Scott, joint chief executive of the Aggregate and Quarry Association AQA and MinEx, the Mining/Extractives health and safety organisation.
We seem to like elections in this country. Two years out of three we go to the polls. Last year was the gap year – though a new Government was bedding in; this year, 2019 sees mayors and...
A new year, a new government, a half century celebration and potentially for the quarry sector, a change in structure; that’s how 2018 is shaping up. By Roger Parton, CEO, Aggregate and Quarry Association.
The new Labour-led government is now in place and the AQA is already putting in its bids to engage with Ministers. At the very...
By Wayne Scott, CEO, Mining Extractives Health and Safety Council
I PLAY THE SAXOPHONE in my spare time.
You may know one of the classic sax tracks is from Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album. It’s called ‘Us and Them’. The lyrics are as good as the music, describing ordinary men sent into battle. ‘God only knows...
The Mining Extractives Health and Safety Council’s (MinEx) new chief executive Wayne Scott says he’s a realist when it comes to industry safety compliance. Richard Silcock talks to him about current safety issues, the outlook for the future and what he will bring to the job.
Wayne Scott was appointed to the position at the beginning...
