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Heineken is on board with risk control
Heineken in the UK has worked alongside Scafftag, part of the Brady Corporation’s SFID Division (Safety, Facilities and Identification) to create bespoke Control of Work boards. The boards provide information for ongoing maintenance and project work, Lockout Tagout equipment and permit documents for their employees
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nitially the Heineken site in Hereford approached Scafftag to help produce a site board to improve their permit control
process and to ensure that appropriate Lockout Tagout equipment was always available. Scafftag’s solution was to create a board clearly displaying all permit based activities and Lockout Tagout equipment to simplify the com- munication process and reduce risks of conflict between works. The board proved successful in
operation and Heineken in the UK launched a project to standardise all Control of Work activities across all UK sites. As part of this process, Hereford’s board was recognised as best practice in the UK. Hereford’s board was further developed by representatives from each UK site to implement all work activi- ties, including permit systems. Scafftag optimised the design and it was then implemented at each site. As a result Heinken in the UK has
won the Heineken Global Safety Best Practice award for the introduction of their Control of Work board project.
Angus Reid, engineering compliance
manager for Heineken in the UK says: “We are delighted to have won the award – it is great recognition for the UK business. Effective visual management and real time communication is vital for safe control of work activity involving all of our employees and contractors in each department. The Control of Work boards were designed to provide a key part of this communication. We have been thrilled to be able to share our development with our colleagues throughout Heineken.” Heinekin in the UK uses a wide vari-
ety of contractors who work on a number of sites. This standardised approach provides them with a safety benefit – guaranteeing the same system at each site. Heineken is also using micro boards
in the same context for use in smaller individual areas such as wastewater treatment plant and laboratories. Other Scafftag products used include visual tagging for lifting gear, ladders and scaffolding. Scafftag works closely with its clients to ensure the best pos- sible solution.
The award was part of the Heineken
Global Safety Conference held in Paris in May. Entrants were required to be from a country operating with safety improvement ideas which were used across all plants in that country, focused on working together on risk reduction and aligned with company safety strategy.
Control of Work board in use at Heineken
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The boards are split into the following four sections to allow easy replacement of individual sections if required: • Authorised persons – a list of autho- rised personnel able to issue a range of permits along with their contact details. • Ongoing work and permit – containing daily control sheets, live permits and permit books. • Lockout Tagout shadow board – stores padlocks, tags, hasps and other lockout devices. • Isolations equipment log – identifies where Lockout equipment is being used.
Sound advice on noise-induced workplace hearing loss
extraction, energy and water supply industries, highlighting that it is a problem that still needs to be tackled. As part of its commitment to safety, Arco, the UK’s leading supplier of safety equipment and products, has
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developed an Expert Guide designed to provide guidance on managing and preventing hearing loss in the workplace. This guide goes hand in hand with Arco’s comprehensive range of noise detection and hearing protection products to help businesses keep employees safe at work, including ear plugs, ear muffs, high-noise communication systems and validation solutions. Sally Clayton, hearing product and procurement manager at Arco explains: “Whilst noise induced hearing
loss is permanent and irreversible, it is also preventable. It is a gradual process that can take between 10 and 20 years to surface and sadly by that time, it is often too late to reverse. “Whilst ensuring employees are adequately protected, there are also several things businesses can do to
limit the number of people exposed to high levels of noise, including adopting working hours to restrict noisy activities to certain periods of the day and reducing the need for noisy assembly practices by fabricating off-site where possible. After these preventative measures have been taken, protective equipment will help to protect from the residual risks.” To help businesses, Arco’s training division, Arco Training and Consultancy, has partnered with Cirrus Research PLC, noise measuring experts, to provide the three-day
Noise Assessment and Principles of Application course. The course has been designed for people who have responsibility for undertaking noise surveys and/or are considering buying noise measuring equipment and covers noise for a diverse range of industries. Arco
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oise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is one of the biggest occupational health problems facing the UK. Despite NIHL being 100 per cent preventable, new cases are frequently reported in manufacturing, construction,
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