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Editor’s Comment
This issue carries a Hillhead preview, which is a must read for anyone planning on attending the show.
Deciding who you will see
before you get there will ensure your visit is more successful. Turn to page 48 to find out who’s exhibiting. Our Health and Safety features always produce some interesting articles, it is such a broad subject, but we are always guaranteed to receive some good pieces on dust in the workplace.
Excessive dust in a workplace is dangerous on numerous levels. Firstly, there is the risk of dust explosions. Secondly, there are dust-related illnesses. Both of these can lead to fatalities, so it is something you need to give careful consideration to. This month Dantherm Filtration looks at ways to control dust in a quarry, while GexCon gives an insight to dust explosions, and how good design can save you money. Our Health and Safety feature starts on page 39. I hope you enjoy the issue, and if you are attending this year’s Total Exhibition, please stop by our stand to say hello.
Kelly Rose, Editor
kellyrose@quartzltd.com
Platform for safety
Tennants Bitumen is based in the Belfast harbour estate and is ideally placed for the import and distribution of bituminous binders for the Northern Ireland road construction and maintenance industry. With almost 100 years of operational expertise in the sector, Tennants Bitumen provides a comprehensive range of conventional and specialist binders including penetration grade bitumen, polymer modified binders, clear binders and bitumen emulsions. Through local reputation Tennants was aware of the bespoke engineering services Bruce offers and contacted them with the objective to design a system to provide safe access onto their lorries to load bitumen without compromising the safety of the operator. Tennants stated: “We needed to upgrade our loading facilities to offer the best possible protection to our operatives. We have improved access to our tanks and reduced the risk of a driver falling
during loading operations” After working closely with Tennants the solution Bruce offered was a system with static access steps that the lorry can drive under allowing the operator to step onto a platform with a safety cage for edge protection. If an incident occurs the system not only protects the operator from the danger of falling from the lorry but also has a mechanism to move the platform quickly away from the lorry Tennants were extremely happy with the quality of standard and workmanship of the access steps and Steven Caldwell, general manager commented: “Over the past year Tennants Bitumen have initiated an upgrade programme at our storage terminal. Bruce Engineering has worked closely with Tennants Bitumen staff to develop a cost effective solution to overcome circumstances in our depot. We are delighted with the outcome and look forward to working with Bruce in the future.”
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