Pit & Quarry, January 2018
SAFETY Dont allow yourself to turn a blind eye to a hazard or a hazardous situation OVERALL SITE SAFETY While the safety aspects of one piece of equipment such as a crusher are extremely important safety starts with companies that prioritize overall safety The aggregate industry is heavily regulated but regulations alone will not make managers workers contractors and others safer or better safety stewards If a company wants to achieve high safety and environmental standards that company and the communities in which it does business cannot achieve these goals through fear of retribution for non compliance This rushing station has clearly marked walkways and guards over moving parts To be successful the industry must rise above the mentality that it is simply complying with regulations inspections and penalties and instead focus on these areas because it is the right thing to do A good place to start is to provide effective signage keep the site clean walk the site daily and maintain quarry faces and haul roads Dont allow yourself to turn a blind eye to a hazard or a hazardous situation Dont allow yourself to say Its not my job or Im not the one who left it there or someone else will fix it Every incident accident or event should be investigated Through these investigations recommendations should be made to improve safety and to prevent the event from occurring again It is vital that these recommendations be implemented Without implementation sites are destined to repeat past mistakes CRUSHER SAFETY While new technologies and equipment are emerging every day to make the workplace safer your best resource is your workforce Its not only important to make sure employees are trained on the safety procedures of the workplace but also on the proper use of their machine Untrained unknowledgeable work staff can lead to an unsafe work environment Just because a person is on your site working with other equipment doesnt necessarily mean they are trained on the proper use of a crusher or a breaker Do they know proper feed size and capacity Not knowing these can lead to oversized material entering the crusher and cause malfunction Safety on a crusher starts with the person feeding the plant The person feeding the plant needs to be trained on best practices specific to the crusher they are working with An operator may have years of experience operating and loading a cone crusher but that doesnt translate into experience loading and 360 Eastpark Dr Norwalk Ohio 44857 4196631048 Visit AlliedPBS com or email info@ AlliedPBS com Contact us for our Extensive Dealer Network PROUDLY MADE IN THE USA @ AlliedBooms 62 PIT QUARRY January 2018 pitandquarry com
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