Health & Safety

Employee and Contractor Health & Safety: treat the health, safety and well-being of employees, contractors and visitors as the number one priority in order to realise Vision Zero.
Public Safety: protect the general public around active operations, on disused sites and in the transportation and use of our products.

Vision Zero, Safer by Competence and 'The Fatal 6'

Safer and Healthier by Leadership – Initiative highlighting the role of leadership in improving health and safety performance.
Safer by Design – Voluntary guidance addressing the design vacuum that exists between many manufacturers and users of mobile plant.
Safer by Sharing – MPA Seminars giving H&S guidance to members by sharing good practice; peer-to-peer assistance facilitated by MPA.
Safer by Partnership – Package of measures focused on contractor safety.
Safer by Association – Site H&S evaluation and improvement tool for non-specialists.

Health considerations are an embedded part of all aspects of the Safer by Competence framework.

Vision Zero

MPA and its members have committed to Vision Zero – to ensure that everyone goes home – Safe & Well Every Day

Vision Zero is built around eliminating the causes of ‘The Fatal 6’. These are the high consequence hazards that analysis has shown are responsible for the majority of the fatalities, serious injuries and long term ill health in the industry. The strategy is to focus on these hazards in the work environment and, through a wide range of measures, achieve zero serious incidents or fatalities associated with ‘The Fatal 6’ by 2025.

This will only be possible if everyone within the industry understands and commits to this vision. Everyone has a role to play to ensure that they are doing their best to ensure they are keeping both themselves and their colleagues safe.

The Vision incorporates 6 values relating to Health and Safety. Collectively we will need to embrace these to help bring about changes in our behaviour. Many of these values are already well established in the culture of organisations working within the Mineral Products industry.

The MPA has developed 6 strategies to support its members in achieving Vision Zero. It will monitor the industry’s performance by reviewing both leading and lagging indicators;

Lagging indicators look back at what has already happened such as the number of fatalities or serious incidents that have occurred.
Forward looking indicators help to measure activities that should improve health and safety performance in the future

6 values to keep everyone safe

Empowerment - Every worker has the right to stop any job if concerned it may be unsafe or unhealthy to continue.
Engaged Visible and Consistent Leadership - Committed to achieving the vision of Zero Harm.
Zero Tolerance of Unsafe Working Conditions - That pose a significant risk of injury or to health.
High Quality Implementation - Developing; clear health and safety principles, clarity of expectations, clear simple smart initiatives, no ‘box ticking’.
Collaboration and Sharing - Building effective relationships & sharing knowledge and good practices.
Compliance - As a minimum with legal/regulatory requirements and MPA policies and aspiring to world class.

6 strategies for MPA and its members to follow

An unrelenting approach to eliminating the things that can kill or seriously harm people through adoption of industry safety principles and good practices focused on ‘The Fatal 6’.
Developing competent and committed leaders at all levels.
Promoting recognition as a means to support a positive culture within the workforce.
Creating forward looking measurement systems which balance the measurement of ‘the presence of safety’ with the ‘absence of incidents’.
Helping members to create workplaces where health and well-being is protected and promoted.
Actively promoting and facilitating engagement from all member organisations

‘The Fatal 6’

Analysis has identified 6 high consequence hazards in the Mineral Products industry that account for 94% of all fatalities.

MPA has set up a working group for each theme. They are tasked to develop recommendations and resources to help the industry to eliminate the causes of ‘The Fatal 6’.

Information about the ‘The Fatal 6’ and the resources available to help mitigate them are all accessible on ‘The Fatal 6’ section of Safequarry.