Industry
Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Frucor
Location
Eastern Creek, NSW
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Service
Full Service Implementation
Overview
Since its beginnings in the early 1960s, Frucor has evolved from a small New Zealand juice business to a leading Australasian drinks company and the market leader in energy drinks. They manufacture, market and distribute a range of fruit juices, fruit drinks, energy drinks, waters and soft drinks – many of which are household names in Australia and New Zealand. Since 2009, Frucor has been wholly owned by a leading Japanese beverage and food company, Suntory Group.
Challenges
Frucor has created a winning culture. At the heart of this culture is a combination of not only innovative products, but nurturing and looking after their people. Safety at all of their manufacturing and distribution centres is a high priority. However, establishing the best way to move vehicles, products and people safely around a new complex and extremely busy site had proved a challenge.
Frucor was moving into a new facility and needed assistance in creating and implementing a Traffic Management Plan in a narrow time between builder handover and the site go-live date.
Solutions
The SafeQuip team completed a desktop review of their site plans vs racking and operational diagrams and developed a Traffic Management Plan that facilitated the safe operation of their site (segregation between mobile plant and people).
Once SafeQuip completed the plans, the team conducted the required work to implement the Traffic Management Plan which included Linemarking, Safety Barriers and Gates, and Safety Signage. The Traffic Management Plan was to be created using site plans only, rather than a physical workplace.
Completed a Site Safety Plan - listing all line markings, signs, and safety barriers needed to minimise the risk to their people, stock and vehicles.
Completed a Traffic Control Plan - this set out the key markings, signs and bollards that should be prepared and installed in the facility.
Results
Frucor now has a comprehensive document that will help to protect their staff and contractors' safety. It also ensures the efficient movement of vehicles and products, and it assists in compliance with government safety standards and expectations.
