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occupational health: 69 Reducing hand arm vibration exposure Tarmac Group > Wolverhampton, West Midlands > 01902 382855 As the second most commonplace industrial disease within the Tarmac Group, hand arm vibration exposure poses some serious challenges. Tarmac has been looking to control the risk of pneumatic powered breakers in particular. The company has been working with GE Equipment Services to develop a small Tractaire fitted with a hydraulic breaker on a remote arm. Exposure to hand arm vibration is reduced by 80 per cent for break-out work; manual handling is eliminated entirely; noise levels are reduced dramatically; and there is no danger of whiplash injuries from pneumatic hoses parting. The main disadvantage is that operators are unable to gain access to all work areas, but this is being addressed through the development of a revised version with an integral portable hydraulic breaker. > Hand arm vibration – addressing the risks Lafarge Aggregates > Lafarge Contracting, Leicestershire > 0116 230 4041 When Lafarge Contracting conducted a thorough survey of plant and equipment to identify and categorise the exposure rates, it decided that more needed to be done to raise awareness about – and hopefully reduce – hand arm vibration. award winner The safety department at this Mountsorrel site was set a number of tasks, which it responded to with the following changes: • purchasing improved equipment, such as a replacement for the heavy duty breaker and a vibration meter • reviewing current work methods and amending to reduce operatives’ exposure to hand arm vibration • identifying those in the workforce who may have symptoms of hand arm vibration and carrying out further medical examinations and monitoring with the help of an occupational medical company • developing a toolbox talk • developing a training package • making presentations at national safety days. > Safety boots with metatarsal protection Tarmac Western > Herefordshire > 01544 230711 As a result of a lost-time incident when a jackhammer was inadvertently operated on an operative’s foot, Tarmac Northern National Contracting has introduced site safety boots with metatarsal protection. Whereas traditional safety boots with steel toe-caps do not completely protect the top of the foot, the new boots provide additional protection to the operative’s feet from impact from above, such as that of a heavy object dropped during handling. Each pair of boots costs approximately £53, compared to approximately £30 for a pair of standard boots.
70: > occupational health Personal protective equipment pouch CEMEX UK Materials > Wenvoe Quarry, Cardiff > 02920 593378 www.safequarry.com With the need to wear safety spectacles and carry extra personal protective equipment (PPE) at all times on site, the safety team at Wenvoe Quarry issued operatives with an easily-identifiable ‘PPE Pouch’ to provide a safe and convenient method of keeping the necessary equipment to hand at all times. > Air filtration system Hanson Aggregates > Craig yr Hesg Quarry, Mid Glamorgan > 01443 493841 Hanson Aggregates’ Craig yr Hesg quarry near Pontypridd in South Wales is a gritstone deposit with a silica content of 70 per cent. All the mobile plant is fitted with air filtration systems to protect drivers from respirable crystalline silica dust, which offer adequate protection, but there is no way of telling when the filters need replacing. Eastfield Engineering from Wolverhampton was commissioned to design and install new High Efficiency Particulate Arrestor external air filtration systems to the cabs of two dump trucks and a loading shovel. Crucially, they incorporate a cab warning light which tells the operator when the filter needs replacing.
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