Quarries Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

s.005

Duties of the person entitled to work the quarry

• Appoint a suitable quarry operator in writing and share safety information

s.006

General duties of the operator

• Ensure health and safety at the quarry and coordinate all safety measures

s.007

The health and safety document

• Prepare, maintain, and implement a health and safety document

s.008

Management structure

• Establish and maintain a management structure for quarry safety

s.009

Training and competence

• Ensure only competent or supervised workers at the quarry

s.010

Instructions, rules and schemes

• Maintain quarry safety rules and ensure workers understand them

s.011

Review of health and safety measures

• Review health and safety measures regularly and document review frequency

s.012

Inspection

• Create and maintain a written inspection scheme for your quarry

s.013

Benches and haul roads

• Design and maintain benches and haul roads for safe vehicle use

s.014

Rules controlling risk from vehicles

• Make written rules to control vehicle risks at the quarry

s.015

Escape and rescue facilities at the quarry

• Provide adequate escape and rescue facilities at the quarry

s.016

Barriers

• Place and maintain barriers around quarry boundary to deter trespass

s.017

Compliance with Part IV

• Ensure compliance with permits, safety drills and Part IV safety measures

s.018

Permits to work

• Implement a permit-to-work system for hazardous operations

s.019

Safety drills

• Hold regular safety drills for quarry workers

s.020

Fire and explosion hazards

• Prevent fire and explosion hazards at the quarry

s.021

Control of harmful and explosive atmospheres

• Control harmful and explosive atmospheres in your quarry

s.022

Danger areas

• Mark danger areas and install barriers to prevent unauthorised entry

s.023

Lighting

• Provide emergency lighting where power failure could cause risk

s.024

General duty to ensure safety of excavations and tips

• Ensure safety of excavations and tips

s.025

Excavations and tips rules

• Make written rules for safe excavations and tips

s.026

Appraisal of excavations and tips

• Appraise excavations and tips for significant hazards

s.027

Meaning of “geotechnical assessment” and operator’s duties in relation to geotechnical assessments

• Record and act on findings from geotechnical assessments

s.028

Operator’s duties in relation to excavations and tips which are a significant hazard (“notifiable” excavations and tips)

• Arrange re-assessment of quarry excavations and tips that are a significant hazard every 2 years (or sooner if needed)

s.029

Operator’s duties in relation to excavations and tips which are not a significant hazard

• Arrange appraisal frequency and keep records for non-hazardous excavations and tips

s.030

Duty to keep record of substances tipped

• Keep records of tipped substances at notifiable tips

s.031

Notification of excavations and tips

• Notify HSENI about excavations and tips that are a significant hazard

s.034

Participation of persons at work

• Set up worker participation arrangements and permit inspections

s.035

Duty of employers of employees at work at a quarry

• Ensure quarry has an operator and comply with applicable statutory provisions

s.037

Health surveillance

• Complete health surveillance before workers start assigned work

s.038

Record keeping

• Keep required records and duty statements for specified periods

s.039

Notification of quarrying operations

• Notify HSE of quarry openings, closures, or operator changes