Silver Fern Farms Pareora is a large sheep processing factory south of Timaru that employs approximately 600 staff across split shifts. That’s a lot of pedestrians moving around the site, all day, every day! And they’re not the only ones… large stock trucks, shipping containers, forklifts, extra large bins, crates, pallets, and many other mobile items are continuously on the move alongside people. If there was to be an accident, the humans would not come out on top!
At more than 120 years old, this historic factory did not grow up with the abundance of health & safety measures we see in modern processing plants now. But with high standards company-wide, significant effort has been invested in recent times, to bring the site up to scratch. As part of this, Silver Fern Farms’ Health & Safety Managers addressed the many risks faced by workers on a daily basis, including traffic management and pedestrian safety. They then asked Tru-Bilt Industries to install long runs of barrier around high traffic areas, creating safe pathways for foot traffic and protecting blind spots and other areas of risk. The project was completed in one week by our Tru-Gard™ installation team who set up 910mmH 2-rail barrier with hand rail attached and personnel gates in specified areas.
Plant workers now have dedicated, highly visible pathways that will take them across the site without the risk of being hit by vehicles or mobile items.