Recommended Practices for Working Safely Around Stockpiles

Type
Guideline
Topic
New and Young Workers
Supervision
Sector
Mine Rescue
Mining
Language
English

Companies can use this 28-page guideline to create written working procedures, increase awareness of hazards around stockpiles, and ensure compliance with current health and safety law.

Topics include:

  • Angle of repose--the golden rule

  • Training and communication

  • Obligations, duties, and rights

  • Postings, barriers and notices

  • Site plan

  • Visibility

  • Laying out stockpiles or waste piles

  • Surge piles

  • Dumping

  • Emergency procedures

  • Incidents related to stockpiles of aggregate materials