The Health & Safety At Work Act came into force on 4 April 2016.

Now there is now a greater accountability for businesses and individuals, and a greater requirement for everyone (including contractors) on site to work together to stay safe.

The Readymix Sector Group is committed to assisting Members improve their H&S practices, and has taken the lead for Concrete NZ by preparing resources targeting this important area.

Subjects covered include managing blowback, cement silo safety, concrete truck bowl retaining mechanisms, concrete truck driver hand signals and traffic management when delivering to site.

 BE AWARE. BE ALERT.

• Environmental Guide - Driver Responsibilities for On-Site Management of Washwater


• Incident Alert - Securing Extension Chutes


• Safety Alert - Concrete Pumping 1-5


• Safety Alert - Concrete Pumping - 1. Risk Management
• Safety Alert - Concrete Pumping - 2. Planning & Preparation: Pre-Pour
• Safety Alert - Concrete Pumping - 3. Risk Controls for Concrete Plant & Equipment
• Safety Alert - Concrete Pumping - 4. Day of the Pour
• Safety Alert - Concrete Pumping - 5. Miscellaneous Risks


• Safety Alert - Blow-back & Pump-back


• Safety Alert - Cement Silo Safety


• Safety Alert - Concrete Delivery to Site


• Safety Alert - Concrete Mix Bowl


• Safety Alert - Truck Driver Hand Signals


• Concrete Truck Bowl Cleaning: Guidance Document


• Guidelines to Site Delivery Safety: Video Presentation


• Guidelines to Site Delivery Safety: Infographic

Readymix Sector Group members have made available some recent Health & Safety incident alerts.

• Christchurch Ready Mix Concrete - Safety Alert 1 - Steel Y Section Posts (Waratah)


• Firth Industries - Serious Incident Alert 157 - Uncontrolled Truck Movement


• Firth Industries - Serious Incident Alert 160 - Uncontrolled Truck Movement


• Higgins Concrete - Serious Incident Alert 12 - Trapped Worker


• Higgins Concrete - Alert 22 - Concrete Truck Tip Over


• Holcim Australia and New Zealand - Alert 11.01 - Agitator Contact With Power Lines


• HW Richardson Group - Incident Alert 119 - Pump Operator Entering a Concrete Bowl


• HW Richardson Group - Incident Alert 153 - Battery Explosion During Jumpstarting


• HW Richardson Group - Incident Alert 158 - Lockout Failure


• HW Richardson Group - Incident Alert 159 - Large Cement Release during Batching System Upgrade


• HW Richardson Group - Incident Alert 160 - Cracking on Wheel Rim


• HW Richardson Group - Incident Alert 161 - Loader Reaches a Dangerous Angle

WorkSafe (New Zealand) concrete health & safety resources are listed below:

WorkSafe - Concrete Industry

• Health and Safety During Concrete Pumping

A range of international health & safety resources are listed below:

British Ready-Mixed Concrete Association (BRMCA)

• Ready-Mixed Concrete Practical Guide for Site Personnel

Cement Concrete Aggregates Australia (CCAA)

• Fatigue Management: Concrete Agitator Drivers
• Industry Guidelines
  

National Ready Mixed Concrete Association

• Safety Series