Derryboy Road

This page aims to make it easy and assessable for all staff to view the risk assessments applicable to work carried out at Derryboy Road. These risk assessments are both task specific and/or for certain areas within this site.

It is important to remember, just because you have read a risk assessment, does not mean you are permitted or able to carry out that task. You must be authorised and trained. These risk assessments are for informational purposes only.

Tipping, loading & waste movement

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Use of abrasive wheels

Use of electric and air powered angle grinders, for maintenance activities, grinding, cutting etc.

Storage of RDF bales

Storage and handling of bales at the DBR site

General recycling operatives - manual sorting stations

The task involves the manual separation of waste by hand sorting using vacuum and chute systems.

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Stacking bales

This consists of baled and wrapped shredded waste to be exported for incineration

Plant maintenance

Activities undertaken to keep the workplace, its structures, equipment and facilities in good repair and operating efficiently and safely

Manual handling

This risk assessment only covers manual handling activities in the Re-Gen Waste workplace

Use of compressors and pneumatic power tools

For the use of compressors and pneumatics for plant clearing and cleaning

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Using a Cross Wrap bale wrapper

For safe and efficient operation of a CrossWrap Bale Wrapper for wrapping bales of RDF, SRF, MSW, or similar materials

Use of baler and conveyors

Maintenance tasks for balers and conveyors such as cleaning and replacement of parts

Operating an excavator at MSW/RDF output

Loading of bales from the SRF and RDF output, onto the flat trailer for transport to Warrenpoint harbour.

Plant clearing

Activities undertaken for the removal of debris, cleaning of dust, to keep the workplace clean, tidy & reducing the risk of fire & reducing accidents / Incidents by slip, trip & fall incidents