16/10/2026
Quarry Vehicle Safety – Keeping People and Vehicles Apart
As we move into the autumn and winter months, reduced daylight hours and poor weather conditions bring additional challenges for vehicle and pedestrian safety in quarries.
In this week's Health & Safety Lite Bite, our Director of Health & Safety, Roy Bush FIQ, looks at the importance of effective traffic management, keeping pedestrians and vehicles separated, and controlling the movement of smaller vehicles in areas where large quarry machinery is operating.
Roy asks operators to consider whether their existing traffic management arrangements are fit for purpose, particularly as visibility becomes more challenging.
Watch this week's Lite Bite and ask yourself: are our traffic management arrangements doing enough to keep people and vehicles safely apart?
Further resources
BAA members can access useful health and safety guidance, including toolbox talks, through the members' area:
The first monthly resource package supporting the BAA's 5C's Leadership Strategy, Understanding and Applying the Quarries Regulations 1999, is also available to members:
Guidance – Understanding and Applying the Quarries Regulations 1999
Delivery Notes
Toolbox Talk
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Each month, the BAA will introduce another important industry subject using the 5C's approach: Consistency, Capability, Capacity, Competence and Compliance, helping members strengthen health and safety leadership across their operations.
