HSE is alerting employers to the dangers of failing to provide adequate protection for people
Category: Quarries
Quarries National Joint Advisory Committee (QNJAC) papers
Friday, May 22, 2009
The agenda for 11 March 2009 and minutes for 22 October 2008 of the Quarries National Joint Advisory Committee (QNJAC)
Quarry health and safety inspection
Friday, April 3, 2009
This sector information minute has been updated. This SIM gives advice to inspectors regarding interventions to
Fencing of quarries
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
This revised version of the Local Authority Circular LAC 63-1, outlines the demarcation of enforcement responsibilities concerning the fencing of quarries,
RR689 - Silica baseline survey
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The Silica Baseline Survey (SBS) has established baseline intelligence on employee exposures and the control of respirable crystalline silica (RCS)
Minutes and agendas for C3HARGE, QNJAC & FIAC Committees
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
The latest minutes and agendas are now available for the following Committees:
Double fatality: quarry operators reminded ‘be safe - be seen’
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
HSE has warned about the dangers of poorly managed transport in the workplace after Scottish Coal
Amendments to RIDDOR quarries guidance
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Alterations have been made to Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) following
Quarry firm prosecuted after worker trapped in machinery
Monday, April 28, 2008
HSE is warning those responsible for the health and safety of workers not to neglect their duties following an incident
Bromsgrove company fined £5,000 for quarry worker’s injury
Monday, April 28, 2008
Employers are being warned by HSE to ensure they assess workplace risks properly and ensure that suitable protective
Quarry prosecutions
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Details of two prosecutions for exposure to respirable crystalline silica.
Quarries advisory committee meeting
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
The agenda from the meeting of the Quarries National Joint Advisory Committee (QNJAC) on 12 March 2008 is now
Quarries National Joint Advisory Committee
Thursday, January 10, 2008
The minutes of the Quarries National Joint Advisory Committee meeting held on 26 April 2007, Rose Court, London.
Quarries contact details
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Contact details for general queries on health and safety in the quarries industry have been updated, the first point of
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease case study
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Successful HSE prosecution of a Northumberland stonemasons firm after failure to report a case of Respirable
HSC Chair applauds ‘target zero initiative’
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
In one of her first official engagements in her role as Health and Safety Commission (HSC) Chair,
HSC chair visits quarry as industry goes for target zero
Thursday, August 23, 2007
On a visit to St Austell’s Imerys china clay quarry, Chair of the Health and Safety Commission (HSC), Sir Bill Callaghan
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