Gloves project wins safety award

 In a ceremony at London’s ExCeL Centre on 16 June, Brammer was announced as winner of the Safety Excellence category for its work with The Royal Mint in Llantrisant. With 33 different types of gloves being used regularly on site by its employees,

The Royal Mint was faced with an annual spend in this area of some £70,000. However, the range of products available did not necessarily mean that the most suitable gloves were being used for each task. Brammer joined forces with safety glove manufacturer Ansell to undertake a thorough audit of all areas of glove usage. They discovered that 85% of site requirements could be catered to by holding just six types of glove in stock.

Gloves are now also distributed on site through Brammer’s Invend service, an industrial vending system with each machine containing only the gloves required in each area. With each member of staff having to enter a code before an item is distributed, The Royal Mint now has full visibility of which gloves have been retrieved by which employee – ensuring complete traceability while identifying any areas of excessive use or incorrect product selection.

John Steggles, contract manager at The Royal Mint, said: "Best practice in glove selection and usage is now commonplace throughout the organisation. In terms of optimising health & safety practice and reducing the risk of accidents and the associated lost time, the joint Brammer-Ansell project has been an unprecedented success."