A big ‘Thank You’ goes out to all of our teams for continuing to develop and implement their ideas that will help make CEMEX a safer place to work, with better quality and greater efficiency/effectiveness.

The following summary gives a brief overview of the ideas from the June 2022 competition:

• Dagenham Wharf – Improved the hopper wall with scrap tires to further protect the steel plate.
• Bletchley Asphalt plant – Installed a chute from the top of the platform to catch the samples and this eliminates the need to carry anything down the platform stairs, plus this enables the Technician to maintain 3 points of contact at all times.
• Hamer Warren quarry – Created an open area to place a machine with room for a service vehicle to work next to it.
• Leamouth Wharf – Repositioned pipe work to allow safer access by removing STF hazards and the embarrassment of straddling a pipe!

Our congratulations go out to Leamouth Wharf who took the top award this month!

On the Leamouth Wharf site there is a requirement to raise lagoon water level in small increments preventing water loss through sand embankments via seepage, while maintaining safe access.  A main fresh water pipe and manifold had previously been installed at such an angle that it was difficult to walk around the screen, you would either need to ‘straddle’ the pipe or bend and go under.

Following a brainstorming session with the team, a design was developed to enable the weir box to follow the angle of the embankment. The weir box had horizontal holes cut at 300mm intervals in the front face that allowed sealed doors to be fitted because the silt level increases, allowing the clean water depth to be maintained.

The weir box concept was designed, fabricated and installed using in-house facilities.  The repositioned pipe allowed safer access, saving a possible injury.