Alliance Group is investing $3.4 million in new processing technology for safer work enviroment
The company has installed forty-nine band-saws featuring state-of-the art safe cutting technology at eight plants across New Zealand, including Pukeuri, Makarewa, Mataura and Lorneville in the South.
This new processing technology promises to reduce significantly the risk of potential injury with the risk limited to, at worst, a small cut.
The band-saws are designed specifically for the meat industry. When the unit senses a person, glove or both are near or in contact with the saw, it stops the blade within 15 milliseconds.
Alliance Group Chief Executive David Surveyor said that the use of standard bandsaws is one of the highest-risk activities world-wideand that the company is committed to achieving world class health and safety standards across the co-operative. Furthermore, he added that Alliance Group is going to continue to invest in this area.
“We have made strong progress towards ensuring that safety is embedded in our culture as our absolute number one priority. There is still a long way to go but we are absolutely committed to working with our people, customers and suppliers to make our workplaces safe,” the chief executive of Alliance Group said.
Alliance Group also expects to invest more than $2 million in a phase two programme, which will see the replacement of 20 larger band-saws as soon as the technology becomes available for those models.
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