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Manual handling improvements
Tarmac Northern > 0191 492 4000
manual handling & storage: 63
Tarmac Northern’s North Area (Concrete & Mortar) has taken the following initiatives to reduce risks
associated with manual handling:
• a decision has been taken to ban the use and ordering of materials stored in 205 litre drums, with bulk
tanks put in place to accommodate additional products
• a mobile conveyor was purchased to facilitate the addition of steel fibres into the production process or
truck mixer
• further development work has continued with the truck mixer admixture dispenser and the dispenser
will soon be available throughout the industry
• liquid pigments are now in use at both mortar factories, replacing bagged powder pigments, which
created an ‘at risk’ activity due to their size and production methods in producing coloured mortar.
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Drum lifting mechanised
CEMEX UK > Powburn Quarry, Northumberland > 01665 606061
Around ten miles west of Alnwick is Powburn Quarry, belonging to CEMEX. Full 205 litre oil drums,
weighing 185kg each, do not now present a manual handling risk at Powburn. The fitting in the roof of
the oil store of three fixed channels supporting a travelling lifting beam (which can move side to side, on
runners) has provided an ideal solution. The beam extends outside the store. The lifting tackle is fitted
with purpose-designed drum-lifting tongs.
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Safer storage of bottled gas
Foster Yeoman > Crawley Depot, West Sussex > 01293 538669
Foster Yeoman’s Crawley Depot has devised a method of
preventing the potential for cross-contamination caused
by storing different types of gas bottles in a single cage.
By making the cages to suit the size of the bottles, with a
fixed sized entrance gate at the opening of each cage, the
company was able to reduce the risk of potential hazards
with minimal cost – as the entrance gates were actually
made from off-cuts of steel that were already on site.
Each cage was split into two halves, with one side for
empties and the other for full gas bottles. Warning signs
were attached to front of cages and the cage floors were
constructed of galvanised steel on a concrete surface to
allow good drainage and prevent bottles and cages from rusting.
The roofs of the cages are made from tepee-shaped galvanised steel to keep weather from penetrating
bottles and the sides are mesh to allow for good ventilation. All cages can be padlocked and the keys are
held by authorised personnel only.