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TRANSPort – ON-HIGHWAY: 3
On-highway
Access platform into lorry body
Hanson Aggregates > Northampton Coated Plant, Northamptonshire > 01604 402174
A mobile platform that delivers personnel safely into the back of
lorries has been developed at this Northampton coated plant. The
platform, complete with handrails, is wheeled into position. The
casters are then locked by means of a floor brake, the driver climbs
the ladder, lowers the platform using a cantilever mechanism
and can then spray the floor and sides of the vehicle body
with anti-sticking agent.
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Accessing tanker tops – fall arrest system
Tarmac Central > Ballidon Quarry, Derbyshire > 01355 390301
In the past, operators at this quarry in Ashbourne accessed the tops of
tankers to load powdered limestone via a horizontal walkway with a
collapsible hand rail on one side. This meant leaning across to release the
fill hatches. The Health and Safety Executive recognized the activity as
potentially hazardous and requested that all tankers had hand rails on
both sides by March 2006.
Ballidon Quarry has developed the idea and designed a fall arrest system. It
comprises three parts: a fixed running rail above the tanker access point; a
free-wheeling bogey secured within the web of the running rail and fitted
with a retractable inertia reel; and a harness to be worn by the operative.
For occasions when clearance is insufficient between the tanker top and
the loading point, purpose-designed “de-hatching” points have been
constructed. These comprise a steel gantry frame with a running rail within the confines of the frame.
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Improvements to sheeting bay platform
CEMEX UK Materials > Raynes Quarry, North Wales > 01492 517378
The following improvements have been to the sheeting bay platform at Raynes Quarry, reducing the
chances of accidents for drivers using the facility:
• the platform was fully enclosed by guardrails of a minimum 1100mm height on all sides to reduce the
risk of the driver falling between the platform and the side of the vehicle
• the platform was widened to provide increased working room
• the space between the guardrails and the platform was enclosed with a heavy mesh material to prevent
drivers climbing upon the guardrail or going underneath the rail
• any changes in level on the platform were navigated by ramp rather than steps to reduce the risk of
tripping whilst pulling on the sheeting rope
• leverage aids have been installed on the platform in order to reduce the effort required to pull on the
sheeting rope. As a consequence, the sheets are pulled up and over (as opposed to through) the load,
reducing the manual handling effort and the potential hazard of a rope snapping under tension
• all light timers have been checked to ensure the area is lit during hours of darkness.