EXPRESS ASPHALT OUTPERFORMS HEALTH & SAFETY TARGETS IN STOKE

Employees at Express Asphalt, based at City Road, Fenton in Stoke on Trent, are celebrating a health and safety landmark, having recorded more than 1,500 days with no lost-time accidents or incidents.

Express Asphalt offers a fast and efficient asphalt collection and delivery service, supplying local authorities, utility reinstatement contractors, local surfacing and construction companies and pavers in and around the Stoke on Trent area. It employs four people at its Stoke branch who concentrate on servicing the predominantly collect trade, focusing on high levels of customer service and providing a one-stop shop facility for customers.

The plant is successfully working towards targets set by the business as part of the Health & Safety Commission’s ‘Hard Targets’ initiative which aims to cut the number of accidents in the aggregates industry.

Area Business manager, Chris Currie, said: “The team at Stoke has continued to demonstrate its sound commitment and excellent attitude towards health and safety. They are a close-knit team who continually place great emphasis on each other’s safety as well as that of contractors and customers. They are an excellent example to the rest of our business.”

Express Asphalt has a network of plants throughout the UK, including 11 in the Midlands region, which are easily accessible by transport networks and carefully located to reduce travelling times for local customer collections. All plants can produce small loads of asphalt, minimising waiting times, and are designed to facilitate quick and efficient loading.

FEBRUARY 2006