Health and safety
On a commercial site compliance comes before quality and before speed, because a job that stops a site or hurts somebody is not a fast job. Here is what we run, what we bring, and what you can ask us for.
- Dust extracted at the blade
- Inductions done before we start
- Annual health monitoring
- Electric saws, no fumes indoors
Approved on some of South Canterbury's bigger sites
Direct Concrete has been inducted on major industrial and commercial sites across South Canterbury. Our health and safety system meets principal contractor requirements, and inductions are done before we arrive.
Silica dust
Cutting and drilling concrete makes silica dust. We deal with it at the blade rather than sweeping it up afterwards.
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Extraction at the blade
An H class dust extractor runs straight off the saw on a dry cut, so the dust is captured as it is made rather than swept up later.
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Wet cutting where the job allows
Water at the blade keeps the dust out of the air.
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Slurry caught and disposed of
Wet cutting makes slurry, so a slurry vac catches, manages and disposes of it instead of it running into your drains or drying into dust tomorrow.
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Electric saws indoors
Indoors we cut with high frequency electric saws, high powered and fume free, so working inside a building adds no engine fumes on top of the dust.
What we bring to site
Ask for any of it and it comes through before we book the day, not after.
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A site specific safety plan for your job.
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Inductions completed before we start, on your system or the principal contractor’s.
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Health monitoring records, on request.
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General tickets: first aid, fire safety and traffic management.
Health monitoring
Annual health monitoring covers lungs, eyes and hearing, through our health and safety manager.
Records are available on request if your prequalification system wants them.
Health and safety questions
Can you work through our prequalification system?
Yes. We work through whichever prequalification or approved subcontractor system you run, whether that is SiteWise, Impac, Totika or your own list, and we send the health and safety documents through before we come to site.
How do you control silica dust?
At the blade, rather than sweeping it up afterwards: dust extraction on a dry cut, wet cutting where the job allows it, and a slurry vac to catch and take away the residue. Indoors we use electric saws, so there are no engine fumes on top of the dust.
Can you send your health and safety documents before the job?
Yes, and we would rather you asked for them early than on the morning we arrive. Tell us which system you run and what you need in it, and we will have it with you before we book the day.
Will you complete our site induction?
Yes. We complete inductions on your system or the principal contractor’s before we start work, and we will not turn up expecting to be waved through. On the larger sites in this region that is normal and we are used to it.
Ask for the pack
Tell us which prequalification system you run and what you need in it, and the documents come through before we book the day.