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competence assurance
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Managing contractors during major
construction
Bardon Aggregates > Bardon Hill Quarry, Leicestershire > 01530 510066
Careful management of contractors throughout the process of installing
an asphalt plant at this quarry has ensured that the project has run
smoothly and safely.
A project co-ordinator was appointed to act as a point of contact for
contractors and Bardon employees. Before work began, the workforce
visited other recently constructed asphalt plants to learn from the
experiences of site managers,
particularly in respect of health and
safety issues.
Contractors, all of whom hold a quarry passport, were given a full site
induction and take part in weekly progress meetings where health and
safety is a key area for discussion.
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Task auditing
Tarmac Central > 01260 223477
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In-depth analyses of accidents led Tarmac to deduce that a remarkably high percentage of
injuries in the quarrying industry are due to unsafe acts, rather than unsafe conditions. This reality spurred
Tarmac into developing a management task auditing system for its Area 3 business, which is incorporated
into a safety, health and environment strategy. The key steps are:
• stop and observe work activity
• put operatives at ease by introduction and explanation of the process
• ask about the work that is being done and the stages involved
• ask what is the worst that could happen and how this is prevented
• praise safe behaviour
• question unsafe behaviour
• discuss corrective action required
• gain commitment to act.