Another 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 from the ideas from the May 2022 competition:

• Berkswell Quarry – Brainstormed and designed a chute to help consistently blend the 0/4 product and avoid wastage and reprocessing materials.
• Dagenham Wharf – added Solar powered lights to provide better lighting when working under the hopper.
• Denge Quarry – The site team came up with the No Cost idea of using the used AdBlue cans as storage buckets after being washed out.
• Brighton / Leamouth Wharf – Reduced the risks of Slips Trips & Falls in the area and have a designated ‘waste’ storage section in the yard to have a designated loading shovel parking area or an area where maintenance of vehicles could take place.
• Winsford Readymix – The team wanted to improve the storage and handling of the fibres (including the risks whilst lifting, transporting, and handling the boxes) as they were open to the elements.
• Ryall Quarry – Site team fabricated and added another security gate to the front of the tank making it more difficult and hopefully off putting for any attempts of fuel theft.

Congratulations to April 2022’s winner – Winsford Readymix team, for their improved storage and conveying of fibres.

The team at the Winsford Plant wanted to improve the storage and handling of the fibres as both the team and the fibres were open to the elements. The initiative also included minimising the risks whilst lifting, transporting and handling the boxes.

They installed a canopy to safeguard staff and fibres from inclement weather. A conveyor was set up for ease of dossing; a scissor lift was put in place to eliminate the need to bend down and lift the fires

(25kg boxes). Also, a pump truck was made available to wheel pallets into place. These improvements have made the operation much safer due to lifting and handling improvements. Additioanlly, there is less losses of produce due to wet, saturated boxes and employee morale has also increased.

Well done to the team for their excellent improvement intiatives.

If have an idea to suggest please contact the EXCEED team leader, Mark Beagrie – [email protected]

All the ideas and best practices can be found on the EXCEED ideation online platform: https://cemex.idhall.com/