BETTER
RISK CONTROL THROUGH SAFE PRODUCT HANDLING
Due
to the vast array and types of risks encountered in industry
every day, J S Melbourne Controls undertook enormous research
in an effort to define hazardous situations, analysing both
industry sectors and the products used in them.
John Melbourne found that there were many situations where management
was simply not aware of the potential and/or real hazards that
were prevalent in their own organisations.
More so, even fewer were aware of deaths that in many instances
occurred after workers left their employ, or retired.
Melbourne has found that the medical industry often reports
statistics of people dying as a result of lung related problems,
many of which have been said to be related to smoking or other
diseases. Whilst this is correct in a lot of instances, it is
not always so, and the medical industry cannot be held accountable
as often they are not always aware of deceased patients work
history.
It is being recognised now that a significant proportion of
deaths have actually been pre-empted through many years of work
related substances entering the body. This has (unknowingly)
created death, but has appeared to be attributable to other
symptoms like smoking, for example.
Conventional
methods for handling powders or liquids which have been practiced
for many years, appeared to industry to be acceptable. However,
John Melbourne quickly recognised that the hazards are very
real, and so too are the deaths that have been caused, and even
worse, can and will still eventuate.
Whilst
the research is continually ongoing, the company deliberately
set out to develop a product that will contain hazardous substances
and eliminate workers being exposed to their damaging effects,
be they short or long term, thus providing industry management
with a tool to control this safety risk.
After
much development, prototyping, testing, redevelopment and industry
research, J S Melbourne Controls has produced a range of “Hydro-Pneumatic
Shear Mixers” that are specifically designed to transport
and/or mix products that are hazardous to workers, thereby eliminating
the ongoing use of previous dangerous conventional methods,
improving occupational health and safety problems, and at the
same time increasing productivity and quality control in the
manufacturing process.
