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Posted By Lorraine O'Reilly
I am in the Dimensional stone industry & am reviewing our slab handling, loading & unloading, & storage & am trying to draft Safe Working methods. Does anyone have any experience or advice on this or know if there is any best practice guidelines & where I can get my hands on them...
your thoughts would be much appreciated..
thank you :)
Lorraine
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
Lorraine
There are vacuum lifting devices for both kerbs and slabs. The HSE are pushing these devices heavily for road operatives and the like. The supplier escapes me but I trust someone will quickly inform us.!!
Bob
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Posted By Lorraine O'Reilly
Thanks Bob, we are already using a combination of cranes & vacuum hoists for lifting so manual handling is not really an issue. However, closed top containers can be a problem to unload, and also if slab has joints or was damaged in transit.There is also the problem of how do you safely remove a curtain top from a container?? Safe slab storage is also a concern. I'm trying to avoid crushing employees...but often they are inside the container while slinging the load...& I would be interested in hearing from others with similar problems.
Lor
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