You may recall some of the injuries colleagues have suffered over the years in relation to fibre addition on our Readymix plants, ranging from the employee who got a steel fibre embedded in his knee, the IHC who fractured his ankle when he slipped on slurry, and more recently the customer who got his hand entrapped in the rotating truck mixer drum when adding fibres via a portable conveyor.

To help raise awareness of the potential hazards and solutions relating to the storage, transportation and addition of plastic and steel fibres, the EXCEED team has developed some interactive guidance and it can be accessed via the following link:

Readymix Fibres – Good Practice Guide- UK (office.com)

The guidance highlights the typical hazards ranging from slips, trips and falls, working at height and entrapment, along with risk mitigation measures.  Please share the guidance as appropriate with your teams, challenging them to think about ways we can improve our processes to make us safer and more efficient… the video of the fibre addition process on one of our plants suggests we may have some opportunities!