| Title/Short Description | Source | Subject | Date | |
Site and vehicle security risk and incident prevention – government anti – terrorism advice
The MPA has issued this advice following some recent thefts from vehicles at member sites, highlighting that unauthorised personnel have been able to access HGVs. More importantly, it illustrates the potential for unattended HGVs to be accessed and driven away.
On the 7th October, a stolen HGV was used in an attack in Germany, there have been other recent examples of HGVs being used as weapons. The pdf includes links to government advice on how to minimise the risks of terrorist and others accessing and taking HGVs in urban areas.
Please can you review and ensure that this information is shared with appropriate colleagues such as site managers, transport and security managers. Hopefully, they will be able to share this information with drivers and contractors operating HGVs and other mobile plant on our behalf.
| MPA | Transport | 13/10/2019 | |
MPA Midlands Region - Health & Safety Awareness Day – 15 October 2019 - Staffordshire
LAST CHANCE to book for the workshops hosted by J C Bamford Excavators Ltd. The day is designed to promote best practice and encourage the whole workforce to be the eyes and ears of fellow workers.
The day covers a range of topics, including 2 of the Fatal 6. See pdf for more information on the topics covered, the location and direct links to booking forms.
| MPA | Competence and Training | 09/10/2019 | |
MPA Midlands Region - Health & Safety Awareness Day – 15 October 2019 - Staffordshire
Book now for the workshops hosted by J C Bamford Excavators Ltd. The day is designed to promote best practice and encourage the whole workforce to be the eyes and ears of fellow workers.
The day covers a range of topics, including 2 of the Fatal 6. See pdf for more information on the topics covered, the location and direct links to booking forms.
| MPA | Competence and Training | 09/09/2019 | |
Customer Site Safety - Bagged Cement Delivery - 3rd Edition
Deliveries of cement to customer sites occur on a frequent basis. In some instances customers may receive numerous loads on any given day. Following a series of customer site incidents and near misses, MPA Cement has updated the standard risk assessment used by its members on customer sites to ensure that major hazards faced by the driver are being correctly addressed. This document concentrates on a relatively narrow set of health and safety criteria specific to bagged cement delivery that should be considered as part of a customer’s overall risk assessment.
| MPA | Cement | 05/09/2019 | |
MPA North Region Exchanging Places Safety Day Event
Wednesday 18 September 2019 Health, Safety & Well Being
11 locations in North
Free to MPA members and their contractors
A unique opportunity to visit another company’s site and spend the day sharing safe working practices between individuals, sites and other member companies and their contractors. Please view pdf for more information and how to book. Topics include several FATAL 6 themes.
| MPA | Competence and Training | 27/08/2019 | |
MPA issues a hot weather alert
MPA alert reminds operators of the importance of being diligent about public safety during the unusually hot weather and school holidays.
| MPA | Public safety | 25/07/2019 | |
FATAL 6 - Guide to Avoiding Contact with Moving Machinery and Isolation
MPA has launched a 171 page, A5 Guide has been prepared by the MPA and a specialist working group of members to assist supervisors and managers on site and supports other industry technical guidance. The narrative and practical examples have been taken from the significant amount of materials that were received from MPA members, both large and small, after a request to share best practice on this subject. The publication complements the pocket size;Guide to Energy Isolation and LOTOTO; and accompanying posters and stickers that were widely distributed to members earlier this year.
| MPA | Isolation | 25/07/2019 | |
Hot weather and water safety warning
With very warm weather forecast please check warning signs, fencing and other safety measures.
| MPA | Public safety | 28/06/2019 | |
FATAL 6 - Welsh Safer by Sharing Seminars - Please book now
Please book your place on the MPA's Welsh Safer by Sharing Seminars
21 June 2019 - South Wales
Copthorne Hotel, Cardiff
11 October 2019 - North Wales
Llyndir Hotel, nr Wrexham
In response to the identified "Fatal 6", the Safer by Sharing Seminars for 2019 will focus on two key elements "Isolation of Energy and Lock-Off" and "Falls from and Working at Height.
e-mail - dh@hardingpr.co.uk
| MPA | Isolation | 08/06/2019 | |
Safer by Sharing Seminars in May - Fatal 6
Please book your places on the 4 regional Safer by Sharing Seminars that are taking place in May. The two key themes of the seminars are "Isolation of Energy and Lock-Off" and "Falls from and Working at Height".
Please see list of dates and venues below and view the document for details of the programme, how to book and details of other regional venues.
| MPA | Isolation | 26/04/2019 | |
Guide to Safe Delivery of Bitumen - Half day training workshops
Eurobitume UK is running 4 regional training workshops in May aimed at asphalt plant managers, operators and anyone with responsibility for bitumen delivery or storage.
- Ist May - Huddersfield
- 8th May - Coventry
- 15th May - Gravesend
- 22nd May - Radstock
Please view the pdf for more information on the course content
| MPA | Bitumen, storage and delivery | 23/04/2019 | |
MPA's Sharing good practice 2018/19 available to download
The pdf of MPA's Sharing good practice 2018/19 is now available to view or download from Safequarry. The document contains last year's winners, runners up and highly commended entries together with direct links to short videos showing some of the best innovations in action. Please review these and share with your colleagues. Hopefully, they will inspire your organisation to submit your on entry to this year's Health and Safety Awards before the deadline on the 18th April.
Hard copies of this document will be distributed in a few weeks.
| MPA | All Subjects | 10/04/2019 | |