Spillard News

Spillard Safety Systems of Wolverhampton has recently developed a cab door entry light system in conjunction with Tarmac National Contracting which has now been fitted to its new fleet of 41 JCB Streetmasters. Commenting on the new system, Tarmac’s national plant manager Steve Wragg said: “Because an increasing volume of our work now takes place […]

Following the formation of Liebherr-Rental in January this year, the company has chosen to fit its entire fleet of some 75 machines with safety equipment supplied and installed by Spillard Safety Systems of Wolverhampton.             Liebherr-Rental’s general manager Paul Clark said: “On-site safety is very high on our list of priorities and so we were […]

Spillard Safety Systems of Gailey in Staffordshire has equipped a pair of Liebherr R984 120 tonne ship loaders with wireless CCTV systems to enable the operators to accurately and safely load prepared scrap metal into ship’s holds at Liverpool Docks without the need for banksmen.             The two machines form part of a large fleet […]

Whilst undertaking a safety survey of mobile plant seats and door retaining catches on behalf of Tarmac at its Ballidon Quarry near Ashbourne in Derbyshire, Vic Spillard of Spillard Safety Systems was delighted to discover one the company’s older Optronics rear-view colour camera systems still in excellent working order on a skid steer loader.             […]

Friel Construction, a major West Midlands housebuilder, has standardised on the fitment of removable rear-view systems for its entire fleet of excavators and telehandlers.             Supplied and installed by Spillard Safety Systems of Gailey in Staffordshire, the Optronics units chosen feature cab mounted LCD screens and a magnetically attached colour cameras.             According to Friel’s […]

Optronics Camera System meets ISO13766 Earlier this year Spillard Safety Systems submitted our flat-screen colour camera system – part number OPT5600 – to the respected and internationally recognised Mira testing facility in an attempt to obtain certification for the ISO13766 (Earthmoving Machinery – EMC1999) Assigned the Mira Project Number 1011991, our camera system was to […]

HSE Press briefing 07/10/05                                                                                           MORE DETAILED INFORMATION FOR JOURNALISTS ON TELEHANDLERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHAT IS THE DANGER? 1. The danger being highlighted in this press release is that of pedestrians being struck by the vehicle when the driver has impaired visibility while travelling on traffic routes and open areas, and while manoeuvring […]

Over the last decade, plant makers have commendably made great strides in providing the operators of their creations with ever better visibility. But there can still be blind spots beside and behind many machines and these could result in potentially serious accidents on site. In recent years, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has expressed […]

Being able to operate a machine safely involves a lot of skill from the  driver, including good coordination and excellent spacial awareness.  Anything that can improve conditions for the operator have to be a good  thing, in particular providing aids to visibility both to the working  area and all around the machine.  As with so […]

To maintain operational stability when using such a long and weighty telescopic demolition boom, Kocurek has had to carry out extensive modifications to the crawler base of the WX1200. The challenge was to ensure that the machine could offer a full 360 degrees working envelope when carrying the 2.5 tonne shear at a working radius […]