Spillard News

European Metal Recycling (EMR) is working closely with Spillard Safety Systems to ensure its extensive fleet of mobile plant across 60 UK depots is fitted with the necessary equipment to provide the operators with all round vision.

Privately owned EMR, which has an annual turnover of some £3/4B, is extremely keen to provide a safe environment for pedestrians at all its sites where old cars, washing machines and a wide variety of other steels are shredded and separated prior to shipment – principally to China.

With large numbers of vehicles entering and leaving each site on a daily basis, the possibility of an accident is ever-present. Therefore, in conjunction with specialists from Staffordshire based Spillard Safety Systems,  site visibility surveys are being carried out at every EMR location to ascertain which combination of convex mirrors and Optronics rear view camera systems is required for each item of mobile plant to ensure the required level of operator visibility.

For example, at the 26 acre Newmarket depot in Suffolk where some 1000 tonne of scrap metal is processed every day, a total of eight colour camera/monitor systems have been installed covering a pair of JCB Telehandlers, five Liebherr material handlers and a Volvo wheeled loader.

According to Danny Swygart, EMR’s health, safety and environment co-ordinator for the SE region: “As we wish to ensure complete safety for pedestrians on all our sites, the Group standard for mobile plant now includes a requirement for all round vision equipment to be fitted, based on the recommendations resulting from the site surveys.” Mr. Swygart continues, “We have found the cameras and mirrors supplied by Spillards to be of a high quality and able to withstand the rigours of our harsh environment.”