ISSUE 89 Friday 1st April 2016

In this weeks edition

Blue Bus Response Avoids Easter without a Weighbridge

A Great Way to Cut Costs
GCC - Lets Get Moving!

Blue Bus Response Avoids Easter

without a Weighbridge
Last Wednesday afternoon, the North gate incoming
weighbridge was being calibrated and certified by Newcastle Weighing Services when it was identified that the
clearance gap between the bridge and roadway concrete section was insufficient to allow correct operation
of the weighbridge.

Contractors involved included RIG Installations who provided labour to remove and re-install the embedded angle in preparation for Robert Guy & Sons to cut a deep
section of concrete from the existing abutment.

By Thursday morning planning was well underway. By

late afternoon a section had been cut from the end of
the roadway concrete, providing the required clearance
to allow correct operation of the weighbridge.

tions, Robert Guy

Contrete Sawing
and Veolia resulted
in a safe and timely
return to full service
of the incoming
weighbridge.

Ron Peterson from Engineering coordinated the on-site

labour. Thanks also to Veolia for a long day controlling
A call was made to Worley Parsons Engineers and with- the traffic flow.
in an hour Mick Byrne had arranged Robert Guy ConThe excellent response on such short notice by Worley
tractors to attend site, assess the situation and comParsons (Mark Munnock, Mick Byrnes & Ron Petermence planning for remedial work.
son), RIG Installa-

This avoided an
Easter break with
only the outgoing
weighbridge in operation, which would
have required temporary manning to
manage traffic.

Work underway to saw the concrete section

providing much needed clearance

Thank you to everyone involved and

great team work.

A Great Way to Cut Costs

Great ideas come by Fives?
Fives Services (ECL) were asked to remove the table
on VDC2 for rebuild prior to the outage on VDC1 in the
Casthouse.
Historically these ropes were removed by entering the
confined space and removing the waterproofing tape.
The team were then required to work in a damp confined area to hammer the pins from the rope clevises.
This activity had a high risk of hammer strike injury to
either of the two workers.

that the need for hiring 2 mobile cranes, was reduced by

2 hours each and the more effective method reduced
the total man hours of the task by 16 hours.

Well done Fives Services, some great, innovative thinking!

During the pre-planning phase a better tool for the task

was identified after doing some research. Fives Services (ECL) found a hydraulic cutter capable of cutting
the high strength ropes. This enabled them to cut the
ropes in a safe and controlled manner and then remove
the pins once the table was removed from the confined
space. This has eliminated the hammer strike potential
in the confined space area and reduced the time spent
working in cramped, greasy and damp conditions within
the confined space.

This Safety improvement comes with more benefits!

The reduction of time spent in the VDC pit also meant

GCC - Lets Get Moving!

What if 100 days was

all you needed...?
To form new exercise habits, make
better lifestyle choices, get more
sleep each night and on top of all of
this, be happier ever day?
Tomago are thrilled to announce that we will be taking
part in the GCC (Global Corporate Challenge) again this
year, along with 350,000 other participants from around
the world. And we can all join in on the movement!
Registration is easy. Get some colleagues together,
form your own team and have a bit of fun with creating
your own Team Name!

You can use this link to register:

https://www.gettheworldmoving.com/portal/1713349545/tomago-aluminium.
The challenge starts on 25th May 2016. GCC helps
and encourages you to count your steps each day for
100 days. Some people like to do it for a little bit of
healthy competition, others enjoy being apart of a team
and who doesnt want to see a healthier version of
themselves? You can see your teams progress as you

move around the world online and unlock new locations.

Maybe you could even have a competition within your
team to see who does the most steps! So lets all get
moving!

If you would like any further information, please

contact Anthony Cook in Health Services.
Get on board and enjoy the benefits of a healthy
and active lifestyle!