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Members of the Quarry Products Association Northern Ireland (QPANI) underlined their continuing commitment to sustainability recently with the staging of a ‘showcase’ event –– the first of its kind to be held in Northern Ireland –– to demonstrate the considerable efforts that have been made towards the environment and health and safety.
The Quarry industry is calling for a host of safety upgrades in all the plant used on its sites. The drive comes as part of its Hard Target initiative, which aims to halve the number of accidents in quarries and processing sites within five years. The quarries National Joint Advisory Committee, compromising quarry firms, safety […]
The first new wide scale research into on-site whole body vibration has found that changing operators’ behaviour and a good suspension seat are at the most important factors in reducing exposure. But researchers for the Silsoe Institute, working for the Health and Safety Commission, warned that many suspension seats will need upgrading well within the […]
The health and safety Executive has confirmed that construction has not met targets set at safety summit in February 2001. Targets were to cut the annual death toll 40 per cent by 2004-05 and 60 per cent by 2010. The industry missed the 2004-05 targets by 25 percent The health and safety Executive has confirmed […]
HSE Press briefing 07/10/05 MORE DETAILED INFORMATION FOR JOURNALISTS ON TELEHANDLERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHAT IS THE DANGER? 1. The danger being highlighted in this press release is that of pedestrians being struck by the vehicle when the driver has impaired visibility while travelling on traffic routes and open areas, and while manoeuvring […]
Over the last decade, plant makers have commendably made great strides in providing the operators of their creations with ever better visibility. But there can still be blind spots beside and behind many machines and these could result in potentially serious accidents on site. In recent years, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has expressed […]