Client Spotlights
Gillette
A cut above – HESL helps Gillette ensure safety
Overview
Gillette has a heritage that goes all the way back to 1901 when razor blade pioneer King C Gillette developed the first safety razor blade. Fast forward 123 years and the brand is world-famous and synonymous with precision, innovation and sport. It is owned by P&G and is headquartered manufactured in the UK, in Reading.
Alongside finance, administration and marketing, all engineering, manufacturing and production takes place at this site. A key part of the brand’s success is ensuring operations are streamlined, efficient and safe – with worker safety a priority.
Compliance achieved
This is where Hutcheon Examination Services (HESL) enters the picture. Gillette’s manufacturing and distribution centre operates a host of equipment from gantry systems and big bag lifting frames, to a fleet of electric pallet trucks and pneumatic stacker trucks.
To make sure safety standards are met and staff are protected while performing their duties, our expert HESL Engineer Surveyors carry out six-monthly inspections across the entire estate of equipment.
This is how we help Gillette
- LOLER examinations – our qualified engineer surveyors examine Gillette’s lifting equipment, including the fleet of pneumatic stacker trucks and mobile lifting platforms. In accordance with the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), we make sure the equipment is fit for purpose and performing as it should.
- PUWER examinations – the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) govern the safety of all machinery and equipment operated within a workplace. For Gillette, our qualified engineers surveyors examine and test the host of equipment on its Reading site, including its fleet of electric pallet trucks – all to ensure they are safe for continued operation.
- Load testing – this area of examination covers all load bearing equipment and making sure it is capable of handling the needed load safely and securely. At the Gillette site, this includes our experienced team examining equipment such as the gantry systems and manual chain blocks.
Health and safety: the process made easy
Not only is our team highly qualified and experienced in delivering the relevant tests and examinations, from LOLER and PUWER, to load testing, we also provide an efficient service that takes the pain out of compliance and testing. This includes our central planning department that liaises with customers like Gillette from the first stage of booking an inspection through to sending reminders, booking follow-ups and being available whenever needed.