safe and
productive lives
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Mines and Quarries
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2025
Summary of Amendments to SHWW (Quarries Regulations) 2025
The Safety Health & Welfare at Work (Quarry) Regulations 2008 were reviewed in 2013-2014. Review included a Public Consultation in 2014. Four submissions were received. Drafting recommenced in 2023. Presentation to Stakeholders in December 2024 outlining main changes and timeline for feedback.
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2025
Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Quarries) Regulations 2025
Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Quarries) Regulations 2025
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2020
Safe Quarry - A Guide to Pedestrian Safety in Quarries
This guidance has largely been developed from the Quarries National Joint Advisory Committee (QNJAC) “Follow our Footsteps- Guide to Pedestrian Safety in Quarries” document.
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2020
Safe Quarry - Guidelines to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Quarry) Regulations 2008
These guidelines on the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Quarries) Regulations 2008 were developed with the assistance and advice of a working group on quarrying safety, representative of a wide range of interests in the quarrying industry and were revised in 2020 to take account of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Quarries) (Amendment) Regulations of 2013 and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Quarries) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and to reflect current best practice. A download (free of charge) is currently only available.
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2019
Quarry Vehicle Brakes Maintenance & Testing Info Sheet
Quarry vehicles are very large and can cause significant damage and injury if they cannot be brought safely to a stop or controlled during operation or when parked on an incline.
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2019
Safe Quarry - A Guide for Quarry Workers
This guidance document has been developed by the tripartite Quarry Safety Partnership and provides essential information for both new and experienced quarry workers on all aspects of quarrying. It also introduces the SLAM technique, which when employed correctly allows on-the-job risk assessments to be made.
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2017
Identifying Significant Hazards in Quarries - Information Sheet
Any hazard or potential hazard should be considered significant or potentially significant if such a failure would directly or indirectly, be liable to endanger premises, roadways or other places where people are likely to be found offsite; or likely to cause serious or fatal injuries to persons on or off-site.
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2017
Guarding of Return Idler Rollers on Conveyors at Quarries - Information Sheet
Idlers are an important component in any conveyor system as they are used to support the conveyor belt and the load carried on the belt.
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2017
Fall Protection at the Top of the Quarry Face - Information Sheet
The operator needs to consider any activities that take place at the top of quarry faces and this would include inadvertent and unauthorised access, face profiling and surveying activities, drilling operations and shotfiring operations.
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2015
Client and Contractor Code of Conduct at Quarrying Locations
This document was prepared from the QNJAC code of conduct for clients and contractors and the Health and Safety Authority gratefully acknowledge their assistance.
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