by nascariok-2lightning | Apr 15, 2024 | Occupational Health
Musculo-Skeletal Disorders Guidance QNJAC Occupational Health Information Sheet 5 deals with Musculo-Skeletal Disorders – the most common occupational health ailment in Great Britain. The document advises: Avoidance of hazardous manual handling operations;...
by nascariok-2lightning | Apr 15, 2024 | Occupational Health
Pre and Post Employment Medicals Guidance QNJAC Occupational Health Information Sheet No 1: Guidance for Pre-Placement and Post-Employment Medicals. Quarries Reg 43 requires that, where health surveillance is required, it must commence before a person begins to carry...
by nascariok-2lightning | Apr 15, 2024 | Occupational Health
Dermatitis Guidance Occupational Health Information Sheet 6 gives HSE-endorsed guidance relating to Dermatitis. Building on the advice in the COSHH Approved Code of Practice, this guidance summarises the legal requirements; explains the two main types of contact...
by nascariok-2lightning | Apr 15, 2024 | Occupational Health
Noise at Work – QNJAC Guidance Occupational Health Information Sheet 3 gives HSE-endorsed guidance on The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005. As well as summarising what needs to be done to address legislative compliance, the document lists the benefits...
by nascariok-2lightning | Apr 15, 2024 | Occupational Health
The Government’s Revitalising Health and Safety Strategy set national targets for reducing work-related accidents and ill-health. Through the Hard Target Initiative, the quarry industry has achieved a significant reduction in accidents, and it is now time to pay equal...
by nascariok-2lightning | Apr 15, 2024 | Occupational Health
The quarries partnership team members have been drawn from across the quarrying industry and have agreed to work together and/or independently to further increase the awareness of the risks associated with the inhalation of dust within the quarrying industry and...
