HEALTH & SAFETY AWARD SPONSORS 4

WINNER Company Aggregate Industries - StoneFlair Site Newark Title – Noise and Vibration, who needs it? Task Through an essential plant re-siting taking place at the end of 2005 the opportunity to produce StoneFlair’s edging range of products presented itself at the Newark site. Problem On commissioning of the plant, risk assessment identified that methods used to manufacture the edging range involved excessive use of impact tools, creating unacceptable noise levels. Solution Through brainstorming sessions, safety meetings and the involvement of site production and engineering departments, ideas evolved to change the mould design and production methods. The company technical department was called in to put the ideas into practice. Result The developments have completely eradicated the use of vibration tools at the re-built section of the machine with a noise reduction of 27dB. Manual handling improvements and a resultant productivity improvement of 50% through that section have all been additional benefits. Contact Details Paul Sanders, Aggregate Industries - StoneFlair, Roseland Business Park, Hangar 8, Normanton Airfield, Long Bennington, Newark, Nottingham, NG23 5FF Tel: 08706 009 111 Fax: 08706 009 112 paul.sanders@aggregate.com This year’s Health & Safety award focused on reducing the impact of noise and vibration on the working environment 5 HEALTH & SAFETY AWARD Sponsored by Lafarge Cement UK www.lafargecement.co.uk Collecting the prize on behalf of Stoneflair is Paul Saunders. Presented by Peter Robery (L) and Charles Law – Lafarge Cement UK (R)