The Quarries Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions Regulations 1995

The health and safety document

4.—(1) The owner of every quarry shall ensure that no work shall be carried out at the quarry unless a document (in these Regulations referred to as the “health and safety document”) has been prepared which—

(a) demonstrates that the risks to which persons at work at the quarry are exposed have been assessed in accordance with regulation 3 of the 1992 Regulations;

(b) demonstrates that adequate measures, including measures concerning the design, use and maintenance of the quarry and of its plant, will be taken to safeguard the health and safety of the persons at work at the quarry; and

(c) includes a statement of how the measures referred to in sub-paragraph (b) will be co-ordinated.

(2) In addition to the matters referred to in paragraph (1), the health and safety document shall where appropriate also include—

(a) a plan detailing the equipment and measures required to protect persons at work at the quarry from the risk of explosion;

(b) a fire protection plan detailing the likely sources of fire, and the precautions to be taken to protect against, to detect and combat the outbreak and spread of fire; and;

(c) where toxic gases are or may be present in the atmosphere at the quarry, in such concentration that the atmosphere may be harmful to the health of persons at work, a plan detailing the protective equipment and measures required to protect persons at work at the quarry from the harmful atmosphere.

(3) The owner shall ensure that the health and safety document is—

(a) kept up to date and revised where necessary including, without limitation, if the quarry undergoes major changes (including natural changes), extensions or conversions; and;

(b) made available to each employer of persons at work at the quarry.

(4) The owner shall ensure that the measures identified in the health and safety document are taken and that any plans included in that document are followed.