• About
  • Log on
  • Register
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Safety Resources
    • Incident Alerts
    • Guidance
    • Good practice
    • Toolbox talks
    • Hot Topics
    • Other resources
    • Videos
    • Safequarry App
  • The Fatal 6
    • Overview
    • 1. Contact with moving machinery and isolation
    • 2. Workplace transport and pedestrian interface
    • 3. Work at height
    • 4. Workplace Respirable Crystalline Silica
    • 5. Struck by moving or falling object
    • 6. Road traffic accidents
  • Vision Zero
    • Overview
    • Employee Guide
    • Core Values
    • Fatal 6
  • Safer By
    • Overview
    • Safer by competence
    • Safer by association
    • Safer by design
    • Safer by partnership
    • Safer by sharing
    • Safer by Leadership
  • Public Safety
    • Summary
    • Stay Safe
    • Cycle Safe
  • Health & Wellbeing
    • Quarries Partnership - Dust
    • Mental Health & Wellbeing
    • COVID - Safer by Sharing
    • COVID MPA Resources
  • Awards
    • Enter
    • Event
    • Sponsorship
    • Guides
    • Videos
    • Entries
  • News
  • My Information
    • My Saved Files
    • My CPD Report
  • Home
  • Safety Resources
    • Incident Alerts
    • Guidance
    • Good practice
    • Toolbox talks
    • Hot Topics
    • Other resources
    • Videos
    • Safequarry App
  • The Fatal 6
    • Overview
    • 1. Contact with moving machinery and isolation
    • 2. Workplace transport and pedestrian interface
    • 3. Work at height
    • 4. Workplace Respirable Crystalline Silica
    • 5. Struck by moving or falling object
    • 6. Road traffic accidents
  • Vision Zero
    • Overview
    • Employee Guide
    • Core Values
    • Fatal 6
  • Safer By
    • Overview
    • Safer by competence
    • Safer by association
    • Safer by design
    • Safer by partnership
    • Safer by sharing
    • Safer by Leadership
  • Public Safety
    • Summary
    • Stay Safe
    • Cycle Safe
  • Health & Wellbeing
    • Quarries Partnership - Dust
    • Mental Health & Wellbeing
    • COVID - Safer by Sharing
    • COVID MPA Resources
  • Awards
    • Enter
    • Event
    • Sponsorship
    • Guides
    • Videos
    • Entries
  • News
  • My Information
    • My Saved Files
    • My CPD Report

aggregates, asphalt, cement, concrete, contracting, dimension stone, lime, precast concrete, masonry, mortar, readymix, recycling, silica sand, transport & logistics

  1. home
  2. news

News - latest content added to Safequarry

Please see below the latest items that have been published on the Safequarry website. For convenience they have been sorted in tables based on the nature of the content.

To receive e-mail alerts when new content is added to the site, please complete the free, on-line registration form.

  • Latest good pactice
  • Latest toolbox talks
  • Latest incident alerts
  • Latest hot topics
  • Latest theft alerts

Latest good pactice
TitleActivityType of LocationYearPrize
Admixture Control SystemTransport & Logistics / DeliveryReadymix or mortar plant2022 False
Admixture Control SystemTransport & Logistics / DeliveryReadymix or mortar plant2022 False
Artificial Intelligence Cameras, as a Driver Safety Aid.Transport & Logistics / DeliveryOn-Highway2022 False
Asphalt Load Out System – Improving Safety with AutomationTransport & Logistics / DeliveryAsphalt/Coating plant2022 False
Asphalt Load Out System – Improving Safety with AutomationLoading and unloadingAsphalt/Coating plant2022 False

Latest toolbox talks
TitleTopicCompany
Hanson sleep better posterHealth & Wellbeing - SleepHanson UK
Control of AsbestosAsbestosBrett Group
Transport - Controlling energy sources on mixer lorriessIsolation and Lock OffMineral Products Association
Transport - Controlling energy sources on tippersIsolation and Lock OffMineral Products Association
Transport - Controlling energy sources on bulk lorriesIsolation and Lock OffMineral Products Association

Incident alerts
Incident No.TitleDateType of LocationActivity
03669TRANSPORT - Fatal 6 - External haulier wheel separation – M420/09/2023On-HighwayTransport & Logistics / Delivery
03668TRANSPORT - Fatal 2 - Dumper Truck loses wheel20/09/2023QuarryPedestrian and transport safety on-site
03667TRANSPORT - Hydraulic fire in dump truck18/09/2023QuarryTransport & Logistics / Delivery
03663TRANSPORT - Fatal 2 - Loader strikes door of tipper whilst driver accessing vehicle - near miss11/09/2023Recycling PlantLoading and unloading
03661Fatal 5 – Operator of dry screen plant injured by door blown in strong winds16/08/2023QuarryProduction and Processing

Hot topics
TitleShort DescriptionSourceDate
Code of Practice - Safe Stressing of Prestressed Concrete Products - 2023 Edition - V2

A new edition of the Code of Practice for Safe Stressing of Prestressed Concrete Products has been developed by MPA Precast to communicate good practice in the management of health and safety when manufacturing prestressed concrete products.

Prepared in collaboration with the membership of MPA Precast and with the support of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Code of Practice (CoP) applies to all companies with prestressing activity on their sites. The aim is for the CoP to be shared at all levels within the precast industry.

MPA20/09/2023
Safer by Sharing l

In this Hot Topic, MPA is highlighting two recent examples of the benefits of sharing incident alerts.

1.Incident involving bagged product

Following a recent incident alert, which highlighted how an operator had been injured whilst assisting a colleague who was using a telehandler to move bagged product , a member suggested the use of an alternative bag design that might help to mitigate the risk the operator was exposed to. 

Tunnel bags differ from standard builder’s bags as they come with two sleeves at the sides of the bag in addition to the traditional 4 lifting loops. The sleeves are reinforced to stop the tunnel ripping or coming away from the body of the bag. The two sleeves create a tunnel in which the forklift truck/telehandler can slide into making bags easier to transport. These bags could be used for holding large amounts of granular products such as sand, stone and gravel. 

Whilst not suggesting that the use of this bag would have been appropriate in the incident highlighted, providing feedback of this nature can be helpful when shared with others.

2. Use of mobile phones whilst driving

An incident alert that was produced by CEMEX, it includes a graphic video which explains the consequences of using a mobile phone whilst driving, it is based on an accident in 2021. The video also outlines CEMEX's policies in relation to the use of mobile phones. 

The video has been viewed over 860 times in the last 2 weeks. Ensuring that these powerful messages relating to the use of mobile phones has been reinforced across the MPA membership and other users of Safequarry.

Please share your incident alerts.

 

MPA23/08/2023
RR1193: Static concrete mixer cleaning. Establishing alternative methods for control of harmful noise and hand-arm vibration exposures

A method used for cleaning many static concrete mixers in the United Kingdom involves workers entering the mixer to remove hardened concrete residue with hand-held power tools. Some of these workers have developed Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome, an occupational disease that is caused by regular use of these tools. Other health and safety risks, such as exposure to noise and entry into the confined space of the mixer, require duty holders to apply suitable controls for these residue cleaning operations.

Please see HSE research on alternative cleaning processes.

 

HSE26/07/2023
World Drowning Prevention Day - Tuesday 25th July

Please support World Drowning Prevention Day by sharing water safety messages that will help save lives

 

Please share these key messages with your colleagues friend and family.

If you see someone in trouble in the water

Do not be tempted to jump in to help them, stay calm and follow these simple instructions

Please share the resources on https://respectthewater.com/.

If you are in trouble in the water

This simple technique can save your life - 'Float to Live'

If you find yourself struggling in the water, or if you fall in unexpectedly, Float to Live. Relax and try to breathe normally. Tilt your head back and submerge your ears. Use your hands to help you stay afloat. Once your breathing is under control, call for help or swim to safety.         

Please share this powerful video produced by RNLI that explains the technique

MPA23/07/2023
TRANSPORT - Loading of Bulk Wagons - Version 2

Rail Freight Operations Group - Code of Practice

Loading of Bulk Wagons - Version 2

The purpose of this approved code of practice is to offer guidance to parties engaged in the process and management of loading bulk products onto rail wagons, such that the risks associated with the transportation of wagons are minimised. Included is the management of risk associated with residual / incomplete loading and unloading events.

National Freight Safety Group04/07/2023

Theft alerts
Incident No.TitleDateCountyLocationWhat stolen
00035Theft of Brendon Pressure Washer13/07/2015BerkshireRuralOther
00034Damaged Security Gates05/05/2015OxfordshireRuralOther
00030Fuel Theft19/05/2014OxfordshireRuralFuel
00029Electric cable theft14/02/2014Kinross-shireRuralCable
00028Fuel Theft07/02/2014SelkirkshireRuralFuel
About
Mineral Products Association, 1st Floor, 297 Euston Road, London NW1 3AD
Tel: 0203 978 3400
Email: [email protected]
MPA Logo
Contact
  • Privacy
  • Developed by OFEC
↑