Search results Working on slopes Mobile Construction Equipment and Transport Safe Driving and Work Practices Working on slopes Where machines need to be used on slopes, and where no suitable alternatives exist, care should be taken to ensure that the specific machines are designed and... D5-working-on-slopes Rescue Towing Mobile Construction Equipment and Transport Safe Driving and Work Practices Rescue-towing All rescue-towing operations must be under the supervision of a competent person. Where complex rescue operations are required, a specialist contractor, with specialist... D5-rescue-towing Dozers Mobile Construction Equipment and Transport Specific equipment Dozers Dozers, regardless of their size, are powerful all purpose machines, both for pushing and pulling. They have low operating speeds and can cause damage to pavements and other surfaces. Their... D5-dozers Graders Mobile Construction Equipment and Transport Specific equipment Graders The motor grader is a machine used principally for shaping, levelling and finishing operations. It can form shallow Vee ditches, batter shallow banks and camber earth road surfaces;... D5-graders Hydraulic Mechanical Breakers Mobile Construction Equipment and Transport Specific equipment Hydraulic mechanical breakers Generally there are two types, one being a hydraulically operated breaker steel which is driven into the material; the other a hydraulically operated mechanical device... D5-hydraulic-mechanical-breakers Safe Loading/ Unloading Mobile Construction Equipment and Transport Safe loading/unloading There are many reportable injuries each year due to people falling from vehicles. Serious injury is also caused by lifting accidents while loading and unloading vehicles. This is frequently... D5-safe-loading-unloading Planning for delivery Mobile Construction Equipment and Transport Planning for delivery and provision of safe access onto delivery vehicles Planning of safe loading and storage areas must be considered as early as possible in the planning process to ensure these areas suit the nature... D5-planning-for-delivery Use of Work Equipment to Prevent Falls Mobile Construction Equipment and Transport Use of work equipment to prevent falls Where preparation for loading or unloading cannot be carried out from ground level and access to the vehicle or trailer is required, a safe access or working platform should be... D5-use-of-work-equipment-to-prevent-falls 11.2 Legislation WASTE 11.2 LEGISLATION For a description of legislation relevant to "Waste" please see Section 3 Subsection 11 of this Manual. 11.2.2 Responsibility for regulation The principal regulators for construction and demolition waste issues are the Environment Agency... 11-2-legislation 11.5.1 Legal requirements WASTE 11.5 ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING /ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION 11.5.1 Legal Requirements It is Section 33 Prohibition on unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal etc. of waste of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 as amended that requires,... 11-5-1-legal-requirements 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54