| Document ID (ISN) | 101889 |
| CIS number |
03-548 |
| Year |
2003 |
| Convention or series no. |
HSE Quarry Fact File Q 29
|
| Author(s) |
Health and Safety Executive |
| Title |
Quarry safety |
| Bibliographic information |
HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, June 2003. 8p. Illus. 6 ref. |
| Abstract |
This booklet comments the safety issues to be addressed in quarries. The following topics are covered in the form of a check-list with illustrations showing the correct and the wrong way to act: design; management; training; workforce involvement; management structure; continuing development; electricity; conveyors; lifting and handling; access on/off vehicles; sheeting; all-round visibility; excavation; edge protection. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational safety; training material; quarrying industry; United Kingdom |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
conveyors; trenching and excavating; lifting of loads; electricity; visibility; safety by design; role of supervisory staff; workers' participation; check lists; safety and health training; safety guides; role of management |
| Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Mining and quarrying
Workers' participation
OSH training
|
