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BALFOUR BEATTY REGIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERING INTRODUCES NEW SAFETY POLICY FOR DUMPERS IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPILLARD SAFETY SYSTEMS

Following an accident with a wheeled dumper, Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering has been working in close co-operation with Spillard Safety Systems of Wolverhampton to produce a proximity warning system based on its proven Vehicle Collision Avoidance System (VCAS). The success of this collaboration has resulted in Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering introducing a mandatory […]

AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES UP-GRADES LEVELS OF PLANT SAFETY AT TORR & CALLOW ROCK QUARRIES

Spillard Safety Systems of Wolverhampton has recently completed the installation of a wide range of its equipment onto both new and ex-Foster Yeoman mobile plant based in Somerset at Torr Quarry near Shepton Mallett and Callow Rock Quarry near Cheddar. These limestone quarries are now in the hands of Aggregate Industries and Spillard was asked […]

NEW CAB DOOR ENTRY LIGHT SYSTEM FROM SPILLARD SAFETY SYSTEMS

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 […]

SPILLARD SAFETY SYSTEMS CHOSEN AS SOLE SUPPLIER TO LIEBHERR-RENTAL

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 […]

HANSON AGGREGATES CHOOSES SPILLARD SAFETY WHIPS FOR SITE VEHICLES

As part of its rigorous, on-going safety policy, Hanson Aggregates has equipped its growing fleet of JCB Groundhogs with 2m tall safety whips available from Spillard Safety System’s AllRoundAlert range of equipment.             Made from fibreglass and available in heights from 1.5 to 4 m, the whips are equipped with a bright coloured flag plus, […]

NEW PARTNERSHIP FORMED BETWEEN SPILLARD SAFETY SYSTEMS AND SEARS SEATING

Spillard Safety Systems of Gailey in Staffordshire has further extended its long-standing co-operation with Sears Seating  by becoming the sole UK distributor for its new vibration monitoring system (VMS).              This system has been developed to help quarry managers comply with the latest EU directive (EU Physical Agents Directive or PAD) on whole body vibration […]

SPILLARD WIRELESS CCTV SYSTEMS CUTS MANPOWER REQUIRED TO LOAD SCRAP METAL AT LIVERPOOL DOCKS

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 […]

SPILLARD OPTRONICS SYSTEM STANDS THE TEST OF TIME

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.             […]

SED 2007

Sucessful product launches included VCAS, High Def Mirror and Spillard 9000series rollover restraint seat. and pleased to see an Optronics system turn up on the Volvo stand

HOUSEBUILDER CHOOSES QUICK-RELEASE REAR-VIEW SYSTEMS FOR ITS PLANT FLEET

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 […]

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