Quarrying

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 protect employees and others affected by the work. Extraction is a high-hazard sector — HSE is the lead regulator and inspects quarries directly.

insurance Great_Britain Annual

Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance)

Enforced by: HSE

Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969

Required 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, customers, suppliers. ICO registration 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 services. Applies to recruitment and the workforce on site.

compliance England_Wales Ongoing

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

Enforced by: LOCAL_FIRE_AUTHORITY

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

Responsible person must carry out a fire risk assessment for workplace premises (offices, workshops, processing plant, fuel/explosive stores). Devolved: Fire (Scotland) Act 2005; Fire and Rescue Services (NI) Order 2006.

compliance Great_Britain Ongoing

COSHH — control of dust and respirable crystalline silica

Enforced by: HSE

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)

Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) released when cutting, crushing or processing stone, sand and clay is the defining occupational-health hazard of the division. Operators must assess exposure, apply controls (water suppression, extraction, RPE) and carry out health surveillance. Workplace exposure limit 0.1 mg/m3 (8-hour TWA).

compliance Great_Britain Ongoing

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER)

Enforced by: HSE

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998

Crushers, screens, conveyors, excavators and haul vehicles must be suitable, maintained, inspected and used only by trained operators. Read with LOLER 1998 for lifting equipment.

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 — a continuing risk in extraction and aggregate processing.

compliance Great_Britain Ongoing

Quarries Regulations 1999 — safe quarry operation

Enforced by: HSE

The Quarries Regulations 1999

The live extractive health-and-safety regime for surface quarries across Great Britain. The operator must appoint a competent quarry manager, notify HSE before starting a quarry, prepare and keep under review a health and safety document and geotechnical assessments for excavations and tips, and manage traffic, edge protection and tip stability. Applies to every operator in this division; underground workings are instead governed by the Mines Regulations 2014.

permit England_Wales Per_Project

Minerals planning permission

Enforced by: LOCAL_AUTHORITY

Town and Country Planning Act 1990

All mineral extraction is development requiring planning permission from the mineral planning authority (the county or unitary council — NOT the district), normally with an environmental impact assessment, conditions on working hours, restoration and aftercare, and periodic review of mineral permissions (ROMP). Devolved: planning authority + national policy in Wales (Planning (Wales) Act 2015); Scotland (Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997); NI (Planning Act (NI) 2011).