Publications and Videos Page

Publications

The Authority’s principal publication is ‘Safe Quarry - Guidelines to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Quarry) Regulations 2008’which provides practical guidance on achieving statutory compliance and ensuring the safety of persons at a quarry.

This is also supported by

•  Safe Quarry - A Guide for Quarry Workers
• Quarry Vehicle Brakes Maintenance & Testing Info Sheet
• Identifying Significant Hazards in Quarries - Information Sheet
• Guarding of Return Idler Rollers on Conveyors at Quarries - Information Sheet
• Fall Protection at the Top of the Quarry Face - Information Sheet
• Client and Contractor Code of Conduct at Quarrying Locations
•  COP for the Operators of Quarry Delivery Vehicles Employing 3 or less
•  Code of Practice for Electrical Safety in Quarries
• Guidance For Carrying Out Risk Assessment at Surface Mining Operations
• Guidance to Ensure Safe Use of Large Vehicles and Earth-moving Equipment in Quarries
•  Guidance on the Safe Use of Explosives in Quarries

Videos

The Quarry Safety Series was prepared by the Authority with Roadstone Dublin Ltd. Videos show how each operation could be carried out safely and how easily and tragically each operation can go wrong without correct procedures. These videos are accompanied by a Tool Box Talks guide.

The Safequarry YouTube channel provides simple videos on slips, trips and falls, described as "ideal for use in toolbox talks, an induction process or as part of a safety training or awareness event". There is no spoken element to these videos that convey the message without narration. The HSA Youtube Channel has a Quarries Playlist that contains the videos below that run on Flash player or they can be played on Windows Media player below

Quarry Safety Videos

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Video Name		Video Size	Windows Media
Mobile Plant Safety		23.4MB
Mobile Plant Safety		5.45MB
Mobile Plant and Pedestrians		16.1MB
Mobile Plant and Pedestrians		9.24MB
Working at Height		11.2MB
NOTE Working at Height Regulations require cages/baskets to be fitted with integrated controls if they are to be used to facilitate access to work at height in all, but exceptional circumstances
Working on Fixed Plant		16.1 MB
Working on Fixed Plant		18.5 MB
Working on Quarry Faces		5.64MB
Working on Quarry Faces		6.50MB
Working with Conveyors		16.6 MB
Working with Conveyors		6.89 MB
Working at Height

APPS

The Mineral Products Association, The UK trade association for the aggregates , asphalt, cement, concrete, dimension stone, lime mortar and silica sand industries haveproduced the the industry’s first Health and Safety App. The ‘Safequarry’ app reaches out to the many who have switched on to mobile devices for their web browsing and can be downloaded to mobile devices at the links below or read more here

• Android
• Apple