Safety boost

Fyffes has installed Castell's Salvo drive-away prevention system to protect loading and unloading operations at its Livingston, Wakefield, Coventry and Basingstoke sites - a total of 31 loading bays.

Drivers report to the transport office and are allocated a loading bay.

After reversing onto the bay, they return to the office where they leave their ignition key and collect a Salvo Susie for that loading bay which they install on the emergency airline coupling. This releases a trapped key.

This key is inserted and turned in the Salvo Control Panel on the outside of the bay.

An amber beacon illuminates on the inside to indicate that the bay is safe and ready to use. The loader opens the door, trapping the key in the SCP outside. While the door remains raised and the key trapped in the control panel, the trailer cannot be moved.

The Health & Safety Executive booklet 'Warehousing and storage: A guide to health and safety' recommends interlocks as a safe system of work to combat driveaways.