Occupational Health Management in the Quarry Industry
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This guidance is based on the “Health Surveillance Guide” produced
by a working party of the QNJAC and published on their behalf by the QPA
in 1998. The revised document has been expanded to encompass the broader
issues of Occupational Health Management. Companies with existing Occupational
Health programmes can use the guide as a benchmark of current best practice.
This document is 43 pages long and is intended to be read on-screen or printed.
Safe driving
- sheeting & unsheeting of tipper lorries
Every year, about 70 people are killed and 2,500 seriously injured as a
result of accidents involving vehicles in and around workplaces. 44% of
falls from tipper lorries occur during sheeting and unsheeting.
Slips and trips toolkit
Toolkit developed by the British Ceramics Confederation for their members but is equally applicable to other industries.
