Health & Safety
Health & safety best practice, initiatives and legislation updates
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Being seen
Site operatives are at their most vulnerable when on foot in the quarry. ABE takes a look at some initiatives and techniques to improve visibility and minimise the safety risk Machine des.. Read more..
Maintenance: a life-saver
A new campaign seeks to raise awareness about the importance of carrying out maintenance in a timely and safe manner to reduce the number of people injured or killed Statistics show that.. Read more..
Removing risk
Reducing human interaction with machinery through greater automation is helping to deliver improved safety for quarry operators.. Read more..
Safety for all
Ensuring contractor competence has always been key to reducing accidents but is not always easy to do. ABE takes a look at the passport scheme used in the UK.. Read more..
Designing in safety
Operating or walking close to moving machines presents quarry workers with a greater risk of accidents. ABE looks at technology aimed to protect the workforce..... Read more..
Recording change
While health and safety statistics have limited importance on their own, their ability to highlight trends is a key indicator. ABE looks at the need for improved recording..... Read more..
Staying on target
Ongoing operative training is an essential part of achieving the industry's targets on safety improvement..... Read more..
Defining the risk
The first results are in from a Europe-wide initiative to protect workers from respiratory crystalline silica, Lisa Russell reports.. Read more..
Legislating for improvement
From December this year the new Machinery Directive will come into effect in Europe but what will it mean for the quarrying industry? Claire Symes reports.. Read more..
Taking responsibility
Safety is the responsibility of everyone in the supply chain from equipment producer and quarry owner down to the individual worker and their colleagues. ABE reports. Improving the safety of quarr.. Read more..
