SKIPS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Versatility of JCB Hydradig fi ts bill perfectly for Hadley
HADLEY Recycling and Waste Management seeks to divert as much waste from landfi ll and into recycling and renewable energy as possible.
At their busy transfer station, located just outside Theale in Berkshire, the company processes approximately 1000 tonnes of mixed waste each week, including mixed construction and demolition waste, wood, plasterboard and green waste.
The fi rst machine to touch this is a brand new JCB Hydradig 110W, which plays a vital role in keeping the throughput fl owing at the busy site.
“The JCB Hydradig fits our front-end pre-sort process perfectly,” said Paul Lock (right), Operations Director at Hadley – one of the first customers for the Wastemaster-spec Hydradig. “It has a small footprint, but covers a big operational area and is very productive.
Fitted with reversing cameras
"Safety was a predominant reason for the purchase, with the driver able to see all four corners of the machine from the operator seat, because the engine is beneath the cab. Our machine is fi tted with reversing cameras, which gives the operator perfect rear visibility when reversing.”
Paul has also been impressed that the Wastemaster spec Hydradig is fi tted with a reversing fan. He added: “I struggled to get any other manufacturer to spec one on this size of machine.”
The skip hire and waste management company sorts waste within its 2700-square-metre purpose built transfer station, which opened in March 2017. Servicing Reading and the surrounding areas, the site can accept industrial and commercial waste, including hardcore, metal, wood, paper and cardboard, soil and plastics.
“Skip sales are up 30% and bigger bins by 53% – demand is going crazy,” added Paul. "The waste brought on to the site in these skips and bins gets tipped in the building for sorting and the Hydradig performs the pre-sort. The task was previously undertaken using a 5.5 tonne rubber-tracked mini-digger, sourced from another manufacturer.
“It was a bit small, and didn’t suit the operation. We were fl ogging it to death and because it didn’t have a reversing fan, it was constantly overheating. We also needed something that was kinder than a tracked machine, to our concrete surface.
“We turned to Greenshields JCB, who ran through what the Hydradig could do. This fi tted the bill perfectly, so we ordered one in May of this year.
"The 11.5-tonne Hydradig has a four-metre turning circle and can lift 1000 kg at maximum reach. It is easy to use, dexterous and quick. We also use it to fi ll in on other jobs, in addition to sorting such as stripping, feeding a shredder, tidying up any of the bins around the site, and even to stack loads fl at on pallets.”
Equipped with a swivelling selector grab for sorting waste, the Hydradig is a dexterous and fl exible tool.
HSE inspections with no warnings
INSPECTIONS without prior warning to waste and recycling businesses by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will begin, as part of a campaign that runs to the end of this year.
Rick Brunt, HSE’s head of waste and recycling said: “The waste and recycling industry continues to have one of the poorest health and safety records.
"This inspection initiative will look at certain activities to ensure effective management and control of risk.”
The inspections will ensure measures are being taken by those responsible to protect workers and employers against risk and injury. The HSE says it “will not hesitate to use enforcement to bring about improvements”.
Waste and recycling was highlighted as a priority sector by the HSE, when it recently published their sector plans. This was because the industry has a statistically higher rate of workplace injury and work-related ill health than other
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sectors. Around 120,000 workers make up the sector, and they are more likely to suffer work-related illness than any other sector.
Within the sector the main causes of fatal injuries to workers are being struck by moving vehicles, coming into contact with moving machinery, and being injured by something collapsing or overturning.
The HSE says such incidents can be prevented when organisations have proper risk management in place.
In the five years to 2016/17 there were 39 fatalities to workers, and 11 members of the public were killed as a result of work activity in the sector.
Brunt added: “HSE is calling on anyone working in the industry to take the time to refresh their knowledge of our advice and guidance, available for free on our website.
www.hse.gov.uk
"Every worker has the right to return from work safe in the knowledge that their employer takes their health and safety seriously.”
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