Welcome to

The Quarry Health and Safety Management System

Developed for the UK quarrying industry by the Camborne School of Mines, with the support of the Minerals Industry Research Organisation,

the Health and Safety Executive and WBB Minerals Ltd.

Key Principles:

A management system is not an ‘add on’ – it must build upon and improve the way things are really done in the organisation

A management system is not simply about procedures – it must reinforce a positive culture of commitment, responsibility, involvement and continuous improvement

Management

Accident

What is the connection?

Management

Accident

What is the connection?

Perhaps more than you think

Management

Accident

Attitudes

Concepts

Priorities

Systems

Line manager behaviour

Resources

Training

Competence

Risk control

Communication

Audit

Procedures

Individual behaviour

Team norms

Physical controls

Quarrysafe UK is built to support the following indicators of good health and safety management:

Visible Senior Management Commitment

Employee Involvement and Responsibility

Good Communication

Competence of Managers and Workforce

Continuous Improvement Processes

Good Occupational Health Management

to help you to make quarries….

….SAFE and LEGALLY COMPLIANT

Quarrysafe UK has been developed against the background of a continuing drive for health and safety improvement in the UK quarrying sector:

TARGET ZERO

MAJOR COMPANIES- Internal systems and accreditation bodies

ASSESSMENT

IMPROVEMENT

SELF-ASSESSMENT

IMPROVEMENT

SMEs

BAA ASSESSMENT - How well are

we doing?

TARGET ZERO -A WAY FORWARD

http://www.quarrysafe.co.uk

Currently available at quarrysafe.co.uk:

The core Quarry H&S Management System specification

Audit checklists – covering most legal aspects

A model Permit to Work procedure

A model Emergency procedure

Risk assessment guidance and model procedure

Near miss reporting

A Behavioural Safety process

Educational material

- more guidance will be added, based upon good practice

REMEMBER: The Quarry Health and Safety Management System may be

viewed at

www.quarrysafe.co.uk