Continuing on from last week we have a selection of Health & Safety improvements from the Supply Chain team to share with you.  Everyone is striving for Zero harm and our continual improvements ensure we stay safe.

Thank you to everyone involved in these initiatives:

Trials have begun to test the new FHOSS HALO Exclusion Zone, which has been developed for our employees, contractors, visitors and members of the public to clearly identify exclusion zones around mobile plant and HGVs.

The loading shovels at Hatfield and Wembley have been installed with a 7–Lamp system which covers both sides and the rear. These are mounted high off the ground but still give clear visibility of the exclusion zone in the dark or poor visibility conditions. The lamps create a red exclusion zone on the floor that can be adjusted to allow an exclusion zone range of between 1 – 5 metres.

Benefits:

• Work zone identified giving advanced warning to employees.
• When employees have their ear defenders on or are staring at the ground etc it provides an additional warning device.
• There is no glare off the light system.
• At night or in dark conditions it is a highly visible device.
• It is particularly useful on tight sites with a high number of vehicle movements to provide additional measures to prevent pedestrians entering dangerous zones.

The trials so far have promoted a lot of Health and Safety discussions and the lights appear to deter pedestrians from entering the loading shovel’s working area on the Readymix plant we have tested it on.

At present we have fitted seven Readymix trucks in London and a few pieces of mobile equipment as part of a growing pilot. We will also be installing the system on one tanker very soon.

Well done to Christian Vale for bringing the concept to our attention, and to Jason Aked for his support with this trial.

Next steps are to gather feedback from our drivers, contractors and importantly from vulnerable road users including cyclists, and to also expand the pilot to France (with the warning sign changed to ‘attention’ and switched to the right hand side of the rear!).