Stops drive-aways
December 1st 2007 Recognising that a system
of traffic lights and manual
powering up of loading bays
by drivers at its Hull factory
failed to physically prevent
a driver from leaving a bay
prematurely, Birds Eye went
to Castell for an alternative.
The company's Salvo
system was installed on all
10 loading bays and staff
were pleased to find that
operating procedures
remained unchanged.
Mick Cahill, Birds Eye's
safety and environmental
manager, says "Salvo's not
made a jot of difference to
them except that it's much
safer and now provides a
physical block to driveaways."
Having reversed a trailer
up to a loading bay, drivers
collect a Salvo Susie lock
from a storage cabinet next
to the bay door and fit it to
the emergency airline
coupling. This releases a
coded key, which drivers
insert into an electrical
switch next to the cabinet.
By turning the key, drivers
power up the bay, change
the external traffic lights to
red and send internal lights
to green. Loaders now know
that it is safe to begin
loading or unloading and
depress the button on the
internal switch to raise the
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