NEWS 13
No‘ slipping up’ when it comes to water industry safety
Dodds Pringle, MD of Vital Engineering, believes it is critical to provide the safest working environment possible.
“ While compliance with the latest occupational health and safety regulations and care for one’ s workforce will naturally be the main focus for any plant manager, workplace injuries also seriously affect the bottom line in terms of operational costs and downtime,” says Pringle.
Vital Engineering’ s products are widely used in wet and corrosive environments in desalination plants, water purification plants, municipal sewerage plants, and in the pulp and paper industry’ s water treatment plants. They are also used in mine washing plants, power station cooling towers, and in dams and pumping stations.
The company has been supplying its products to the South African and international markets for the past 70 years. While the majority of the products sold have been steel demand based— such as the Vitagrid multidirectional, non-slip grating and stair tread range— there has been an increased demand for Vital Engineering’ s Vitaglass UV resistant, non-slip fibreglass gratings, stair treads and handrails over the past 9 years. PA www. plumbingafrica. co. za February 2017 Volume 22 I Number 12