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WBB MINERALS Cheshire-based WBB MInerals runs 96 powder tankers, one
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equipped with a Total Restraint Access Module (TRAM) system. After three months assessing tank top access, the company is preparing to convert 80 of its newest trailers and all will have the inertia reel option. For WBB, the most important stage is making sure drivers understand that the extra equipment is for their safety, as part of the company's commitment towards health and safety in the workplace.
"We'd prefer to keep them off catwalks altogether," says transport manager Rob Morris. "But not all our batching plants will allow this." The company's tankers handle many different products; silica flour, sand and dolomite, which require drivers to climb up to wash them out regularly Morris recognises that every ladder is a potential risk, but once drivers have clipped their belt straps to the inertia reel belt, they're unlikely to fall off. "It's certainly a hefty investment by WBB, but if it eliminates injuries, it will be well worth it."