How will GT Diamond Drilling’s commitment to Health and Safety support success and drive your project’s bottom line?
Diamond drilling is a versatile and efficient method of creating holes or openings in hard materials, ranging from reinforced concrete through to delicate terrazzo flooring. Increasingly, project managers, surveyors, and principal contractors are recognising the benefits of diamond cutting techniques over traditional methods for removing concrete and other construction materials. Diamond drilling and cutting is faster than traditional processes, making an immediate impact on project timescales and cost.
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) place clear responsibilities on designers, contractors, and clients to coordinate health and safety across a project, including managing the risk of exposure to hand-arm vibration for site personnel. GT Diamond Drilling’s equipment is selected for low vibration magnitude, and exposure is actively managed through job and tool rotation, planned shift structures, and adherence to the exposure action and limit values set out in the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005. assured that this is indeed the case and that trigger times don’t exceed the HSE guidelines.
Hand & Arm Vibration
Careful management of vibration exposure supports accurate risk assessment and the design of effective controls, and is part of GT Diamond Drilling’s continuous improvement in reducing exposure across all sites.
A structured approach to managing vibration risk on site should:
- Plan the overall strategy
- Identify the health hazards linked to the work
- Assess the significance of these hazards
- Involve workers in managing health risks
- Prevent risks before work starts
- Control the remaining risks
- Train the workers
- Supervise the workers
- Maintain records
- Monitor to ensure controls are effective
- Carry out health assessment of workers at risk
- Act to correct any problem
The Environment
At GT Diamond Drilling, we care about the impact our operations have on the environment and the community of stakeholders within it. Investment in improving our performance in this area is good for our business and our partners, and we are constantly looking at ways to better protect our staff and improve sustainable productivity.
The Slurry Fox
Diamond drilling and sawing can use a lot of water, and disposing of the waste responsibly can be a challenge. The used water is full of concrete powder, and if not managed properly, can cause environmental hazards by blocking drains. The Slurry Fox is our solution to this problem.