These requirements apply to all business activities in this division.
compliance
Great_Britain
Ongoing
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 — general duties
Enforced by:
HSE
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
General duty to ensure the health, safety and welfare of employees and others affected by the undertaking. HSE is the lead enforcing authority for mines and quarries; the cornerstone duty for any extractive operation.
insurance
Great_Britain
Annual
Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance)
Enforced by:
HSE
Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969
Compulsory for any business employing at least one person.
registration
Uk
Annual
UK GDPR + Data Protection Act 2018
Enforced by:
ICO
Data Protection Act 2018; UK GDPR (retained EU law)
Applies to any business processing personal data — staff, contractors, suppliers. ICO data protection fee payable unless specifically exempt.
compliance
Great_Britain
Ongoing
Equality Act 2010 — protected characteristics
Enforced by:
EHRC
Equality Act 2010
No discrimination, harassment or victimisation in employment or in services across the nine protected characteristics.
compliance
England_Wales
Ongoing
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Enforced by:
LOCAL_FIRE_AUTHORITY
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
The responsible person must carry out and maintain a fire risk assessment for workplace buildings (offices, workshops, stores). Underground and process fire/explosion risk at a mine or quarry is regulated primarily through the mines/quarries safety regime, DSEAR and the explosives regime rather than the Fire Safety Order. Devolved variants: Fire (Scotland) Act 2005; Fire and Rescue Services (NI) Order 2006.
compliance
Great_Britain
Ongoing
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)
Enforced by:
HSE
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002
Genuinely division-wide: every coal/lignite operation generates respirable coal dust and respirable crystalline silica. Duties to assess and control exposure, monitor airborne dust against workplace exposure limits and provide health surveillance for dust-exposed workers. Mines Regs 2014 set a respirable-dust action level enforcing the same control objective underground.
compliance
Great_Britain
Ongoing
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER)
Enforced by:
HSE
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
Excavators, draglines, cutting/winning equipment, conveyors, crushers, pumps and winding apparatus must be suitable, maintained, inspected and safe to use. PUWER applies across deep, opencast and lignite working.
compliance
Great_Britain
Ongoing
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
Enforced by:
HSE
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
Avoid, assess and reduce the risk of injury from manual handling — supports, materials, equipment and maintenance lifting across the workings.