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Safety committee – a re-evaluation
CEMEX UK Materials > Dove Holes Quarry, Derbyshire > 01298 77531
A review of the health and safety committee at this Buxton
quarry has made it more dynamic and tailored its approach to fit
the company’s focus on positive safety culture, and on attitudes
and behaviours. In the past, much of the committee’s time was
spent on creating lists of
maintenance tasks, but the
physical standards of the
site were not being fully
addressed.
Worker involvement: 43
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The committee is now
involved in development
and review of risk assessments and safe systems of work. It has also
supported the introduction of behavioural initiatives, such as the selfpolicing
“stop & think questionnaires”, and developed “near hit” (near
miss) and hazard reporting.
Where necessary, smaller working groups will be set up to investigate
individual issues and report back to the committee with proposals for
action.
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Role of safety committee
Tarmac Central > Holme Hall Quarry, Yorkshire > 01709 814491
This quarry near Rotherham has an established and effective safety committee, chaired by the quarry
manager, made up of representatives across departments and regularly attended by senior management.
The committee meets regularly to discuss such issues as incident reports and statistics; site inspections;
surveys and risk assessments; and suggestions for safety improvements. The minutes are displayed on
quarry notice boards and circulated to senior management and action points noted.
Workforce safety representatives have received training by the trade union safety department as well
as from the company, and have completed the IOSH Supervising Safely Certificate as a minimum. Many
are also trained in carrying out task audits. Separate sub-committees are formed where necessary and a
permanent transport sub-committee exists.
In 2004, the safety committee’s duties were extended to helping ensure that the construction of a new
processing plant was carried out safely. That involved acting as a main channel of communication for
employees and contractors. They also created and implemented a planned preventative maintenance
scheme for their new plant, as well as a traffic management scheme; drew up risk assessments, safe
systems of work and a training manual for the new equipment; and selected the personal protective
equipment (PPE) to be used on site.