Pit & Quarry, August 2018
around them The culture we have built at Santee and all of our Hanson sites is a very open culture where we can talk about safety and talk to anybody whether thats a manager talking to an employee or an employee talking to a president Thompson says Every morning before starting a new workday Santee leaders organize safety meetings lasting anywhere from five to 10 minutes During these conversations employees document workplace hazards Key conversations are shared through a companywide online platform that creates dialogue about improving workplace safety across plants We put in conversations we have with our employees whether it was good or bad Thompson says We dont just look at the good or bad stuff we try to look at both When we do see something and come up with an answer for that if its a best practice we secure it and it goes out to everybody We want to learn something once Examples of documented safety topics include the flagging of vehicles increasing signage at plants best practices for pedestrian walkways and parking larger equipment Hanson also has one employee per plant designated to supervise safety and ensure appropriate practices are consistently being used and enforced The goal is to get everybody home safe every day and thats our number one concern Chapman says As an employee I really appreciate that and I think the majority if not all do P Q Video Where quality control starts Eddie Chapman quality control manager of Hanson Aggregates West Region discusses the companys approach to quality control in an exclusive P Q video at www pitandquarry com santeequality control Protect your Crushers from Damage Caused by Tramp Metal PROTECTOR HD METAL DETECTOR Heavy Duty Steel Construction Digital Signal Processing Touchscreen Controls SHIPPED IN 2 WEEKS OR LESS A Sister Company of ADVANCED DETECTION SYSTEMS Milwaukee WI USA WWW ADSDETECTION COM pitandquarry com August 2018 PIT QUARRY 37
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