Location: Pilbara Minesites
Challenge:
OEM Group® was tasked with improving safety and reducing downtime during heavy-duty equipment recovery operations when heavy equipment are immobilised in muddy conditions. The previous recovery process relied on a labour-intensive trailer requiring manual handling of heavy-duty ropes and shackles, posing safety risks and inefficiencies.
Solution:
Our team designed and implemented a motorised recovery trailer to replace the manual system. The new trailer features a powerful hydraulic winch and rope system, significantly reducing manual handling requirements and enhancing operator safety. This innovative solution has streamlined the recovery process, contributing to safer and more efficient operations.
Outcomes:
Improved safety through reduced manual handling. Enhanced operational efficiency by minimising recovery downtime.
Testimonial:
In collaboration with our team on site, OEM Group® have turned what was simply an idea, into an innovative, tangible product. The HME Recovery Trailer has significantly reduced the manual handling risks associated with recovering bogged heavy mobile equipment (HME). It has streamlined the recovery process, subsequently reducing our truck downtime incurred; and it looks great. The extensive solar powered lighting means the task can now also be completed safely on night shift without the requirement for mobile lighting towers.
The HME Recovery Trailer has been purpose built for extreme conditions and is also designed to protect our recovery equipment from the elements, ensuring the integrity of the recovery equipment is maintained much longer than with previous methods.
OEM Group® have done a sensational job with this custom design project, and the HME Recovery Trailer has proved so successful that we are seeking capital for a second trailer for the other pit on site.”
R. L. | Mine Production Supervisor
