Quarry teams unite to advertise well being and security

The brand new Strategic Security Discussion board (SFF) for Health and Safety within the Mineral Merchandise Sector will get its official launch subsequent week on the biennial Hillhead quarry gear exhibition in Buxton.

The member organisations are the Mineral Merchandise Affiliation (MPA), British Aggregates Affiliation (BAA), the Institute of Quarrying (IQ), Mineral Merchandise Qualification Council (MPQC) and the Quarries Nationwide Joint Advisory Council (QNJAC).

The discussion board mentioned its function is “to facilitate and encourage collaboration and co-ordination between key sector organisations for the great of the trade and ship on a standard function”.

This discussion board membership represents corporations within the aggregates, asphalt, cement, concrete, precast and masonry, dimension stone, lime, mortar and industrial sand industries throughout the entire of the UK.

It can endeavour to assist be certain that the sector achieves the very best doable requirements of efficiency in health and safety as a part of its collective and particular person, authorized and ethical accountability.

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