Safety locks put a stop to driveaways
May 1st 2009 Wallpaper manufacturer, Graham &
Brown is protecting warehouse staff
at its Padiham distribution centre,
near Blackburn, with Castell's
driveaway prevention system Salvo.
Following a driveaway incident from
which a loader escaped without
serious injury, the company realised
that it needed to install a more
advanced safety system than the
verbal method on which it had been
relying.
Having reversed their trailer up to
the relevant loading bay, drivers
collect a Salvo Susie lock from the
warehouse operative. As the lock is
fitted to the exposed emergency air
line coupling – effectively
immobilising the trailer - it releases a
uniquely-coded key. Drivers hand
the key to the loader, who inserts it
into the control box next to the bay.
This causes an amber beacon to flash
and allows the dock leveller to be
positioned. The key remains trapped
in the control box until the dock
leveller is returned to its starting
position. When loading / unloading
has finished, the dock leveller is
returned, the key released and the
Salvo Susie lock removed. More articles from Castell Safety International Ltd: | 
