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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 […]

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, […]

QNJAC – Specification Confussion, Blue Lights

Following the lead of QNJAC more and more companies are beginning to specify blue reverse lights to enhance safety whilst reversing, to clarify, these must only be fitted to off-highway vehicles, Statutory Instruments 1989 No. 1796. The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 –  11. (2)  No vehicle shall be fitted with a lamp which is […]

One of a kind for Evans Bros

Three new Foden Alpha tippers have recently joined the fleet of South Wales-operator Evans Bros, including a bespoke-specification tipper that Evans Bros believe to be the only one of its kind in the area.