Title/Short Description | Source | Subject | Date |
Safe Installation of Precast Concrete Flooring and Associated Components - Nov 2017
The fourth edition of the Code of Practice for the Safe Installation of Precast Concrete Flooring and Associated Components launched by the Precast Flooring Federation on 30th November 2017
| British Precast | Precast | 15/03/2023 |
Vechicle - pedestrian collisions
HSE records show that vehicle-pedestrian collisions continue to be one of the main cause of workplace fatalities:
- There have been nine fatal vehicle-pedestrian collisions in the past four years involving wheeled loading shovels – most of these were in the waste and recycling sector.
- There have been two vehicle-pedestrian fatalities within the minerals sector since 2015
- Main risk factors include lack of segregation, poor forward visibility and reversing manoeuvres
Operators who use mobile plant need to fully assess and actively manage the risk of vehicle-pedestrian collisions. Segregating the operating areas and traffic routes for mobile plant and pedestrians is the most effective control measure, eliminating the risk of collisions. For activities where mobile plant and pedestrians cannot be fully segregated, you will need to identify and implement other control measures.
MPA has produced some resources on Workplace Transport and Pedestrian Interface which are free to access via the Safequarry website Workplace transport and pedestrian interface (safequarry.com)
HSE issued an alert last year Wheeled loading shovels in waste and recycling - HSE relating to the operation of wheeled loading shovels and the increased risks due to use of larger buckets which reduce visibility. The alert provides a helpful reminder of the risks to consider under headings, Safe Site, Safe Vehicle and Safe Driver
| MPA | Pedestrian safety | 04/05/2022 |
Rollover of tipper
The rollover of a tipper in the Midlands this week reinforces the importance of ensuring that drivers and operators understand how to prevent these incidents. CEMEX has produced a video on rollover prevention, this topic is also covered in MPA's Driver's Handbook.
View CEMEX Video
| CEMEX | Transport | 24/07/2020 |
Toolbox Talk - Using handbrakes
MPA has created a toolbox talk on using the handbrake – it includes two graphic videos of what can happen if you forget.
Please click here to view.
| MPA | | 25/02/2020 |
A guide to pedestrian safety in quarries and surface mining
This guide highlights the steps one needs to take to separate pedestrians form mobile plant and other traffic.
| QNJAC | Pedestrian safety | 28/11/2016 |
Quarry vehicle safety
HSENI has produced a booklet that identifies ways to minimise the risks associated with the operation of vehicles in quarries. Activities such as loading, travelling on haul roads, reversing operations, tipping operations, vehicle / pedestrian interface and sharing roadways with outside contractor’s vehicles are potentially hazardous if not managed to mitigate risk. The booklet reviews issues such as brake testing, all-round visibility, the provision of adequate edge protection, the maintenance of the surface of the haul roads and the gradient of the haul roads. Please read and share with others.
| | Transport | 05/09/2016 |
Artic tipper guidance - preventing overturns
Lafarge Tarmac has issued a booklet to assist all parts of the business in understanding, reviewing and addressing the use of tipping vehicles – and ensuring that every part of the process is carried out safely. Click on the heading to view a pdf of the booklet
| Lafarge Tarmac | Transport | 04/02/2015 |
Creating a Controlled Safe Working Area
To undertake any activity within a Quarry Operation, it is necessary to create and control a safe working area. This guidance sheet represents best practice and has been formulated by the QNJAC to promote Zero Harm in the Workplace. It has been produced for, and is aimed at, small independent businesses, new ventures and sole traders.
| QNJAC | Contractors | 27/02/2013 |
Regulation 22 Guidance on Dangerous Areas within Quarries
This information sheet gives guidance to assist quarry operators in providing equipment or barriers specifically to comply with Regulation 22 of the Quarries Regulations 1999 (relating to Danger Areas within the quarry). It should be read in conjunction with the Approved code of Practice “Health and Safety at Quarries” (L118) which can be downloaded free of charge from HSE’s website (http://books.hse.gov.uk/hse/public/home.jsf). This information sheet is not intended to deal with the danger zone created during shotfiring operations and should be read in conjunction with the Regulation 16 information sheet.
| QNJAC | Quarries Legislation | 23/10/2012 |