We all know that Health & Safety has no memory and never stands still.  As part of putting Health & Safety as our top priority our operations are continually making improvements – big and small – at sites to ensure we keep everybody safe.

We want to share some of these improvements with you through UK News so they can encourage you to improve your sites too.

There are so many great stories that we will share them with you over the next few weeks.  Here are the first ones from Materials sites:

Aston Plant’s New Batch Cabin 

The new cabin at Aston Readymix plant has improved the safety on site through:

• New layout improving the ergonomics for the site staff.
• Extra door to allow for safe exit in-case of an emergency – the original batch cabin only had one door.
• Improved visibility over the whole site including the driveway and estate road from the main road.
• More daylight with double glazed windows on all walls so no dark.
• External walkway to allow easy, safe cleaning of all windows.
• Tannoy fitted with new eight camera system to be able to step in if staff see an unsafe act or just to guide visitors if they look lost or out of place as where to go, or get other members of staff to go across to guide them to where they need or want to be.

Cardiff’s New Aggregate Hopper 

The old hopper on site was very worn and causing a safety concern, they had a new hopper designed with Hardox 10mm liner plates, upgraded electric vibrator and a manual adjustable aggregate flow gate.

The new upgrades will prolong the hopper’s life and make it much more efficient with less spillage, making it safer for the team to use on site.