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transport – site design<br />
Pedestrian management<br />
Bardon Aggregates > Heights Quarry, County Durham > 01388 517 381<br />
Heights Quarry, near Bishop Auckland in County Durham, is<br />
operated by Bardon Aggregates. Amongst the various safety<br />
features are good examples of two types of pedestrian segregation.<br />
Chain-linked vertical<br />
angle-irons where<br />
width is limited, and<br />
oversize blocks where<br />
it is not.<br />
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Protected pedestrian routing<br />
Bardon Aggregates > Croft Quarry, Leicestershire > 01629 650275<br />
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At Croft Quarry, routes for both vehicles and pedestrians have <strong>com</strong>e under scrutiny. The out<strong>com</strong>e has been<br />
a new walkway from the parking area to the railhead, <strong>com</strong>plete with handrails, signs and an overhead<br />
cover under the conveyor to protect pedestrians from falling objects.<br />
Everyday activities have also been made safer for the drivers of dump trucks with the grading and<br />
resurfacing of two parts of the haul routes.<br />
Cement delivery controls and procedures<br />
Aggregate Industries > Marybank Quarry, Isle of Lewis > 01851 703227<br />
Delivering to the remote Hebridean Isle<br />
of Lewis proves time-consuming and<br />
expensive. Major improvements in all these<br />
areas have been made since five specialist<br />
vessels with a cumulative storage capacity<br />
of 1,000 tonnes have been installed on site.<br />
This means that cement can be delivered in<br />
bulk by boat, and taken the short remainder<br />
of the journey by road.<br />
The new system has raised several<br />
safety concerns – all of which have been<br />
<strong>com</strong>prehensively dealt with. Road tankers<br />
deliver cement into the top of the new<br />
vessels – at a height of 12 metres and close to the quarry face. For the safety of personnel, a protective<br />
barrier has been installed next to the quarry face and road barrier sections enclose the work area around<br />
the delivery pipes.<br />
Delivery pipes are marked to identify their silo number and contents, and a repeater panel has been<br />
installed. Delivery and emergency procedures are clearly posted. A walkway with a lockable gate provides<br />
access to the top of the pressure vessels, avoiding the need for a ladder.
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