Transforming waste & recycling workplace safety with Zonesafe
It’s no secret that waste management and recycling is considered a high-risk industry. Workers face potential safety threats daily in what is a diverse and highly dynamic working environment.
Latest HSE fatal accident data for 2023/24 reports four workplace fatalities within waste and recycling. The HSE has long recognised the potential threats to worker safety associated with the sector. In 2021, a safety notice was issued concerning the use of wheeled shovel loaders following nine fatal accidents over a four year period, six of which occurred within waste and recycling.
This history highlights the critical need for continuous improvement in safety protocols across the sector. The necessary use of vehicles continues to present one of the greatest challenges to workplace safety, with 25 fatal accidents being attributed to 'being struck by a moving vehicle' across all sectors in the 2023/34 fatal accident figures.
ZoneSafe Proximity Warning solutions
ZoneSafe proximity warning systems offer waste and recycling businesses a highly effective solution that can be easily applied to common industrial machinery, such as shovel loaders and forklifts, with minimal disruption to operations.
The system features an antenna and in-cab control unit fitted to the vehicle to create an invisible 360-degree detection zone around it. Workers and visitors are assigned lightweight tags worn or placed in the pocket that directly interact with the vehicle using RFID technology. Once the detection zone around the vehicle is breached, ZoneSafe automatically raises an audio/visual alarm that alerts drivers and pedestrians to the risk of a potential collision, raising awareness and ultimately stopping an accident before it takes place.
Active Signage
In addition, ZoneSafe’s Sensor-Activated Warning Signs offer another flexible solution. The system automatically activates dormant signage with flashing lights as vehicles approach, raising awareness at crucial moments. Active signage works by grabbing attention at the right moment to reduce the risk of collisions and is highly effective at blind spots, corners, roller doors, intersections, and areas of reduced visibility.
The team at ZoneSafe is highly experienced in meeting site-specific safety concerns, and the system has already been successfully installed at various waste and recycling centres throughout the UK.
Kevin Edwards, Site Manager at glass recycling company Recresco, is highly impressed with ZoneSafe:
“ZoneSafe has improved our onsite safety 100%”
Read the full case study here - https://zonesafe.com/casestudy/glass-processing-plant-recresco-investsin-safety-system-to-protect-pedestrians/
The ZoneSafe team will be exhibiting at this year's RWM Conference . Visit Stand ME-B 191 to discuss your onsite safety concerns with the team and see a demonstration of ZoneSafe Active Signage in action.
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