| Title | Short Description | Source | Date |
| MPA launches water safety videos | MPA has launched 4 inland water safety videos to coincide with World Drowning Prevention Day on 25th July.
The videos are part of a campaign to help raise public awareness about the potential hazards associated with inland water sites such as lakes, rivers, canals, reservoirs and quarries.
More people accidentally drown at inland water sites than at the coast, the videos encourage people to consider the potential risks associated with open water sites and choose to swim in either supervised sites or where it is safe to do so #Respect the water.
The videos also explain what to do in a water based emergency, 'Float to Live' is a vital life saving technique if you find yourself in trouble in the water. CALL, TELL, THROW, are 3 steps to follow if you see someone in trouble in the water.
MPA is encouraging organisations to share one or two of these videos with their employees and on other networks. Ideally, to encourage employees view and to share them with their friends and family.
The videos also encourage people to practice floating next time they are in a safe environment such as a swimming pool. This is a key theme for World Drowning Prevention Day.
The videos, which are intended for use throughout the year, but particularly during school holidays or periods of unusually warm weather, can be viewed and shared via the MPA YouTube Channel or downloaded as MP4 files.
MPA encourages organisations to share at least one of the videos on their networks, we are all Safer by Sharing.
| MPA | 24/07/2025 |
| MPA Health and Safety Awards 2026 | Calling MPA Members and others working with them across all MPA Product Groups. The entry process for the MPA Health & Safety Awards 2026 is now live!
Watch this video to find out why you should enter and please share it with others in your company: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8mG2wscMxo
The Awards will be presented at a prestigious MPA Health & Safety event in London on 7th July 2026, showcasing the winning entries and innovations that will help to make our industry safer for all.
All the simple to complete entry forms and briefing notes can be downloaded from the Safequarry website: https://www.safequarry.com/home/best-practice-awards/ent.aspx.
The awards include the following categories:
- 7 Topic Awards
- ‘The Fatal 6’
- The Eurobitume Trophy
- NEW – Outstanding Contractor Award
- John Crabbe Award
- Sir Frank Davies Award
- Young Leader Award
- Individual Awards
Please submit your entry to the awards - we are all Safer by Sharing
| MPA | 21/07/2025 |
| Midland Region Health & Safety Awareness Day - 19th June | The Midland Region Health & Safety Awareness Day is taking place on Thursday 19th June 2025 at the Tarmac National Skills & Safety Park in Nottinghamshire. The day is designed to promote best practice and encourage the whole workforce to be the eyes and ears of fellow workers. | MPA | 12/06/2025 |
| MPA Launches ‘Sharing Good Practice Guide 2024’ | MPA has published the digital version of the ‘Sharing good practice guide 2024’. The Guide provides a unique summary of the best entries from the 2024 MPA Health and Safety Awards, including the following:
- The 8 Topic Awards
- The John Crabbe Trophy
- The Sir Frank Davies Award
- The Eurobitume Award
- ‘The Fatal 6’ Award
- The MPA Special Award
- The Young Leader Award
- Individual Recognition Awards – 21 Nominations
Each entry includes a direct link to a short video that highlights the health and safety issues addressed by the entry and the benefits that have been delivered.
The Guide is an ideal way to quickly review these outstanding innovations in health, safety and wellbeing and to identify those entries that could be adapted or implemented within workplaces to make it safer for all.
To coincide with the launch of the Guide, MPA is pleased to confirm that it will shortly be inviting submissions for the MPA Health and Safety Awards 2026. The award event will be held in July 2026.
| MPA | 08/05/2025 |
| MPA publishes new Work-Related Stress Guidance | The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has published ‘Managing Work-Related Stress…A Guide to Risk Assessment’ which aims to provide Clear, Simple, Smart guidance to employers and managers to help them complete a suitable and sufficient work-related stress risk assessment of their workplace.
The document describes the importance of carrying out an organisational level risk assessment that addresses work related stress. It also lays out the legal context and touches on the moral and financial cases for managing work related stress and the practical steps that need to be taken during the risk assessment process.
| MPA | 14/04/2025 |