Salvo provides failsafe at second Cummins site
June 1st 2008 Diesel engine manufacturer
Cummins has demonstrated
its faith in Castell's Salvo by
installing the driveawayprevention
system at a
second UK site. Cummins has
adopted Salvo at its
Darlington site, following a
recommendation from the
company's Daventry facility.
Commenting, Gary
Summerson, warehouse &
receiving manager at
Darlington said: "The
improved level of safety,
both physically – by locking
access to the trailer braking
system and interlocking the
operation of the ramp – and
through greater awareness
by truck drivers and
warehouse staff, pushes us
closer to eliminating
unintentional driveaways
from the loading docks."
The recent HSE booklet
'Warehousing and storage: A
guide to health and safety'
recommends interlocks as a
safe system of work to
combat driveaways.
Having reversed their
trailer up to bay, drivers
collect a Salvo Susie lock
from the office. As the lock
is fitted to the exposed
emergency air line coupling,
immobilising the trailer, it
releases a uniquely-coded
key. Drivers insert the key
into the control box next to
the bay and turn it,
changing the traffic lights
from green to red and
allowing the dock leveller to
be positioned. The key
remains trapped in the
control box until the dock
leveller is returned to its
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