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Archive for April, 2006

SPILLARD ‘WIRELESS’ CAMERA SYSTEM HELPS MAINTAIN MAXIMUM PRODUCTION FOR TARMAC

Spillard Safety Systems of Gailey in Staffordshire has recently installed a ‘wireless’ camera/monitor system on a 182 tonne Cat 5130B excavator at Tarmac’s Swinden Quarry in Yorkshire. The system, which utilises the same proven components found in Spillard’s standard rear view CCTV packages, has replaced an unreliable different make set-up which enables the operator to […]

Banksman in blind spot killed by reversing vehicle

A banksman was killed when a motor grading machine reversed over him. Ilkeston magistrates heard on 13 March that the incident occurred in August 2003 during construction of a large car park at Burnaston, near Derby. The banksman, working with the motor grading machine which is used for levelling earth or stones on the ground. […]