Cargo barriers are a good way of preventing an already bad situation from getting much worse.
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When tools become unguided missiles
Sometimes the biggest threat to people
in a head-on crash is all the things that
are behind them.
A collision in Hamilton in early February
between two vans saw Waikato police
warning tradies that unsecured tools
and cargo can become painful, if not
deadly missiles, in an accident.
In a Facebook posting about the crash,
pictured above, the police said materials
and tools came flying out of the van
as it collided with another vehicle that
had crossed the centre line.
“Upon impact the contents of the Toyota
Hiace (including tools) have come
flying forwards, towards the driver and
his passenger.
“If you are a tradie or own a company
this may be an opportunity to consider
any improvements that you can make (in
case of an emergency).”
The van driver later told The New Zealand
Herald that it wasn’t the wood that
broke his windscreen but accepted that
several tools had gone rogue. He said
four tools - a clamp, a glue gun, hack
saw and multi box – flew out the window
but they were the only things that were
unsecured in the van.
Construction safety training organisation
Site Safe says putting a barrier between
people and objects makes good
sense, particularly for tradies and construction
workers.
The gravitational force (g-force) on
people and objects during collisions at
about the 50km mark are usually around
20-25 times normal. So, for a brief instant,
even a 1kg water bottle will have
the force of 20-25 kgs as it flies forward
until it hits the dashboard, the windscreen,
or the back of someone’s head.
Otaki St John ambulance officer Trevor
Hunter has dealt with several vehicle
accidents involving unsecured items
including, tragically, two fatal ones. Another
one, he says, was much luckier for
the occupants. They were in a head-on
crash which saw a large oxy acetylene
cylinder fly out from the back of the van,
shooting between them and burying itself
in the dashboard.
Another first responder from
Otago recalls a call-out to where
a vehicle had rolled. She says
it wasn’t the actual rolling that
killed a person
in the car, it was
a combination
of a loose tool
box, a chainsaw,
and other heavy
items.
There are several ways to minimise the
risk from such things happening. Keeping
them secure is one, keeping tools
and materials separated from people
via a cargo barrier is another. Of the
current range of cargo barriers that
are available, the range from Australia’s
Milford Industries is one of those that
meets the NZS4034 standard for cargo
barriers.
Properly fitted barriers, as well as protecting
people from fast-moving objects,
may also offer extra protection if
the vehicle rolls.
Site Safe also recommends that liquids
are securely stowed in correct bottle
containers and where possible, fuel
should be in a separate trailer.
For more information go to:
www.sitesafe.org.nz
Name change
means more than
just pneumatics
To align with a global movement
by the parent company in Japan,
SMC Pneumatics has now
effectively changed its name
to SMC Corporation (Australia)
Pty Ltd in Australia and SMC
Corporation (NZ) Ltd in New
Zealand respectively.
SMC is well known in the industry
as a leading global brand in
pneumatics. For more than 50
years in Australia, the company
its market share and foothold in
various industries - from food
and beverage, to packaging and
mining to name a few.
The SMC brand has evolved over
the years to deliver an all-encompassing
product portfolio
and extensive service suite. As
a customer centric company,
SMC has focused on developing
products which suit the needs
of customers - even to the point
where special products are
engineered and become part of
the standard product portfolio.
To date, SMC has over 12,000
products in 700,000 variations.
It follows the movement from
SMC globally to be more than
a component supplier but to
provide customers with complete
solutions and in range of products
not only limited to pneumatics.
SMC’s products include valves,
actuators, ai line products and
piping, instrumentation, process
vales, vacuum, electric actuators
and other derived products
such as temperature control
equipment.
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