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The project Vehicles and safety started 1st May 2001 and terminated 31st October 2007. Participating companies:
- Elkem Aluminium
- Hydro Aluminium
- Alcan á Íslandi
- Kubikenborg Aluminium
- Sør-Norge Aluminium
- Vigeland Metal Refinery
Background
The project has been carried out during a 2½-year period with good results. During this period a cost reduction of 22 % is achieved. It is continuously a great potensial for further reduction. The project is agreed to go on.
Objective
Improvement of the driving skills.
Aim
Yearly cost reduction for the driving incidents with 25 %.
Project activities and results
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Contact person
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Terje Skuggedal
Hydro Aluminium Høyanger
Postboks 114
NO-6991 HØYANGER Norway
Tel.: +47 57 71 53 43
e-mail: terje.skuggedal@hydro.com
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Benchmarking
A report is published every month with numbers of incidents and costs. The registration started in November 2001. A cost reduction of 16 % is gained from 2002 to 2003. Number of incidents increased during the same period. Increased focus on vehicle incidents during the project period has increased the report frequency at the plants. Yearly cost trend - see graph.
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Driving competitions
The AMS championship is carried out every year in May/June with participants from Iceland, Sweden and Norway. The drivers qualify through local competitions. The fifth Nordic championship was arranged at Husnes, Norway, 29th May - 1st June 2007. From 2006 the competition consists of three categories. Vehicles in category I is drain truck, category II skimmer and category III pickup. In addition all the participants compete on fork lift truck and they have to accomplish a theoretical test.
1st prize in the championship is a big cup and NOK 5 000, 2nd prize NOK 3 000 and 3rd prize NOK 1 000. The participants are very competent and show great precision in the driving. The championship gives the drivers inspiration to think safety when they manage the vehicles. The competition in the championship is tremendous.
Prize list 2007:
2003 Elkem Aluminium Lista, Norway
2004 Hydro Aluminium Karmøy, Norway
2005 Kubikenborg Aluminium, Sundsvall, Sweden
2006 Alcan á Íslandi, Straumsvík, Iceland
2007 Sør-Norge Aluminium, Husnes, Norway
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Checklists
A pilot project has been carried out with checklists. The checklist was drawn up for the use of each individual operator by controlling the vehicle before use. The checklists were handed in to the HES co-ordinator after every shift. The HES co-ordinator co-operated with the engineering workshop to repair the defects. The checklist was used actively in audit of the vehicle. In order to increase the efficiency of the work with the checklists it is recommended to make them electronically. They can then be used as work orders for the engineering workshop.
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Vehicle
No.
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Number of controls
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Order/cleaning
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Light/
motor horn
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Hydrau-
lics
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Brakes/
steering
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Wheel/
tyre
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Forks/
mast
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Windows
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Engine/
ventilation
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Good
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Medium
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Bad
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All
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2908
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354
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651
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171
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773
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243
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194
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241
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172
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486
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242
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% of all
incidents
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30
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55
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15
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27
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8
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7
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8
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6
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16
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8
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Audit
In order to qualify the result of the use of checklists an audit was put through at all the plants. The members of the central project group carried out the audit. The audit report showed an improvement according to the results from the checklists sent in from the pilot regions. In addition did the audit reveal three regions as common at all the plants:
- Body damage
- Defect lights
- Dirty windows
In the light of this mini audits were carried out focusing on these three regions at each plant. The plants executed this audit themselves.
Yearly audits will be carried out to verify that the positive development continues when it comes to standard of the vehicles at the member plants. In the audit the checklists should be used. After end of project in October 2007 audits are continued from 2008 through the project Traffic behaviour.
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Kjøretøy Nr. = Vehicle No.
Ant. sjekk = Number of controls
Vindu og speil = Window and mirror
Lys = Light
Karosseri = Body
Ok = OK
Ikke ok = Not OK
Alle sjekk = All controls
I % = in per cent
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DANTRUCK Model ?
-Oil leakage.
-Do not have any fire extinguisher.
-Motor horn does not function.
Order and cleaning
-Poor cleaning of the windows.
General
The truck has not worth mentioning damage in the enamel, which is unusual in this type of industry.
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Video
To support the use of checklists and to show the necessity an information and motivation video film is produced. It shows check out of an aeroplane (Dash 8) where the pilots execute their controls as a truck driver controls the vehicle. The video is used in safety and shift meetings.
Content:
- Use of checklist
- Driving with open door
- Correcting the driver for unsafe driving
- Filling of oxide
- Driving in the pot room
- High speed
- Driving into walls and pillars
- Lofty forks
- Skimming
- Repair shop
- Pictures from the driving competition
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Wipe cloths
In the light of the mini audits where many dirty windows/headlights were revealed and as a result poor sight, 1000 wipe cloths were ordered which the plants were given to use in the vehicles. In production halls with dust/impurities it is difficult to keep the windows clean. It is in this connection important that the departments work out daily cleaning routines. The wipe cloths were a factor in such an activity.
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