Workers are at risk every time they service, repair or upgrade vital equipment on mine sites or at industrial plants. Identifying power sources, and keeping them shut down during works, can be a challenge:

• Large plants have complex energy networks.
• Workers don’t know how to isolate new equipment.
• Team members lack essential safety knowledge.
• Tasks are often completed on the run.
• Deadlines or complacency lead to shortcuts.
• Different work sites have different safety protocols.
• Different equipment has different isolation requirements.

There’s often zero margin for error. If the power comes on when someone has hands, face or body inside a machine, the results can be catastrophic. Why risk precious lives and livelihoods?

SafeSite offers employers a free, effective solution

The SafeSite program by Mayo Hardware transforms the way employers manage power and safety for isolation procedures during maintenance or repair on site.

The free SafeSite service program works in partnership with employers to develop a lockout tagout system tailored to suit specific site needs whether in mining, construction and manufacturing or working with electricity, gas, pneumatics or hydraulics.

The SafeSite team will:

1. Check the current system and practices.
2. Dig deep to find inefficiencies and hazards.
3. Report findings and make recommendations.
4. Ensure all workers know how to operate safely.
5. Carry out regular health checks.

Overcome these common industry problems

• Tags in ageing coal-fired power plants hang insecurely on fuses - build a custom fuse holder lockout to prevent old fuses being put back by accident.
• Old equipment lacks built-in battery isolators ­- use steering wheel covers for instant alert to the digger or conveyancer being used.
• Acid flow a risk in gold mine pipes - lock off piping section to prevent dangerous fluid leak during welding.
• Ripping down old plant or building new sections - run a site ‘health’ survey to identify risk points to cover off.
• Different site procedures within a single manufacturing company - take a desktop audit to standardise sites, equipment and safety protocols.

Why introduce SafeSite?

SafeSite helps employers achieve staff compliance and make every worker accountable.

• Save time and prevent delays.
• Boost productivity across the site.
• Have the right isolation equipment when and where it’s needed.
• Ensure safety lock keys are never duplicated.

Best of all, it’s free.

Mayo Hardware Senior National Account Manager Paul McGregor says the company is proud to offer the free service in the name of safety. “All we ask in return is that everybody is ‘in’. This ensures consistency and safety across the board,” he says. “The overall goal is simple. SafeSite makes it easy for workers to do the right thing and stay safe. The most important thing is for every worker to go home safely at the end of each day.”

Get in touch with SafeSite to request a free site assessment today.

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