| Document ID (ISN) | 63824 |
| CIS number |
95-339 |
| Year |
1994 |
| Convention or series no. |
HSE Quarries Sheet No.1
|
| Author(s) |
Health and Safety Executive |
| Title |
Managers' guide to safe coal cleaning and control of pedestrians at opencast coal sites |
| Bibliographic information |
HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 6FS, United Kingdom, Sep. 1994. 2p. 8 ref. |
| Abstract |
This data sheet provides guidance on safety during the cleaning of coal by workers using hand shovels during coaling operations. Contents: risk assessment and deciding whether coal cleaners are required; identification of hazards (falls of ground or coal, falls of workers, working within the swing radius of the excavator bucket); minimizing the risks (effective supervision, communication systems, control of coal lorries); legal aspects. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
safety engineering; United Kingdom; coal mining; mechanical hazards; opencast work |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
protection against falls from heights; protection against falls of rock; data sheet; hazard evaluation; safe working methods; in-plant transport |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Mechanical hazards, transport
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Mining and quarrying
|
