As part of the Quarry Safety week, Dynamic Safety Solutions in partnership with Skillko.com trialled a safety digitisation initiative for the Quarry & Mining sector with Esker Ready Mix.
The initiative was to increase Training awareness, complete online Tool Box Talks (TBT’s) and Inductions for direct staff and contractors coming onto site.
Firstly, we setup Skillko with Eskers staff training records allowing Esker management easily see the status of their training, when itโs going out of date and how to book.
From there, we uploaded the Quarry Safety Week TBT’s we created for Esker, one for each day, and sent them out via Skillko. Each day the staff in Esker received the TBT via Text, Email or on the Skillko App. They read, understood and signed off on each toolbox. Once completed, a Certificate was generated and saved against the staff profile on the Skillko account, allowing Esker safety and management team to demonstrate compliance within the company, for audits or in the event of accidents or incidents.
It made it extremely easy to see who had not completed the Tool Box Talks – furthermore the system automatically created reminders to complete and sent to those who had not completed the TBT’s.
“The trial for Quarry Safety Week was a great success. The nature of the industry means that there a lot of employees, truck drivers especially, who are always on the move, so it can be difficult to gather everyone together for a toolbox talk. And with Covid-19, we have to be mindful of the numbers we can assemble at one time. The electronic communication of the information meant that the toolbox talks we had prepared for the week could be accessed by all personnel on their mobile phones, completed in their own time, and avoided large gatherings of people. It is an excellent means of communicating important health & safety information. Thank you to all the staff at Esker Readymix for their cooperation in trialling the system.”
IVAN CONNOR
Dynamic Safety Solutions (Quarry Industry Specialist)
“Esker Readymix used the Skillko app during quarry safety week. We found the app excellent for the daily toolbox talks. All employees were able to log in and watch the toolbox talks. Itโs very convenient and no need for all employees in a meeting room. It was very user friendly for the employees and administrator. I would highly recommend the Skillko app.”
Going forward, it is the intention for Dynamic to add documents such as Safety Statements, Policies & Procedures for Esker Rerady Mix (& other clients in the Quarrying sector) which will allow them, at ease, to complete to ensure sign off, compliance and a trained workforce all while saving time & money.