Lineage recently completed a large-scale project to upgrade their Traffic Management Plan across multiple sites.

With a focus on improving safety through separation of people and MHE (material handling equipment) as well as protecting expensive and valuable assets, they needed a partner that could guide them through the process to ensure they got the right solutions for specific risk areas across sites.

We were privileged to work with Lineage on this project and help them achieve their goal of improving safety.

We caught up with Ange Blom (North Island H&S Manager) recently to get her insights on how the project went. Read on below to hear what she had to say.

Q. What was the catalyst for needing to carry out this safety improvement?

A. We have a number of areas in the business with pedestrian and forklift interaction due to the design of the building and how work has changed.

Q. What considerations were on your mind when you were looking for a solution?

A. People/MHE separation, barriers that could handle being struck by an MHE in occasional circumstances, a visual cue for people to follow and availability of replacement parts should the need arise.

Q. Why did you choose Vanguard?

A. Industry knowledge and a good reputation.  Had purchased from Vanguard previously and can supply nationwide.

Q. What was your experience of investigating and implementing the Vanguard solution?

A. We contacted Vanguard, a rep came to site to view our risky areas and provide advice on the right solution.  Flexibility to make changes and stage the project over multiple phases of improvement.

Q. How has the Vanguard solution changed how people behave on your site?

A. The barriers provide safe passage for workers who previously commuted through live lanes of operation. We’ve been able to reduce that across much of the site and our workers felt consulted and valued in the process of design and post implementation.

Q. What benefits has Lineage experienced thus far from implementing these improvements?

A. Reduced risk of people vs MHE interaction, safe passage for visitors and contractors to view our operation, standardisation across the sites for traffic management.

Q. Do you have any advice for someone in your position facing a similar situation?

A. If possible get in touch with sites that have implemented similar solutions to learn about what worked and what didn’t. Contact Vanguard to get expert knowledge and site appraisal.

Q. Is there anything else you’d like to share?

A. Appreciated your teams’ swift and regular follow up and patience as we got organised.  Good communication across the project.  I appreciated having the photos of our site with product overlaid to get a visual idea of the product installed.  The installers were responsive and easy to deal with.

Our learning was that we needed to consider some things like gates and electrical cabinets being able to open once the barriers are in place.