Safety at Sheffield Forgemasters has been recognised with an award in the 2023 Lifting Equipment Engineers Awards.
The LEEA is the largest trade association in the lifting industry, and gave Forgemasters the award for an intervention that have clearly and directly made industry safer, such as a new product or internal processes that have effectively managed risk – such as training, records, communications or updates.
Sheffield Forgemasters won the award for its web-based lifting calculator, which ensures complete safety and correct selection and application of slings and other lifting gear.
This initiative is in place across the company’s 64-acre site, including Melt Shop, Foundry, Forge, Machine Shops, Pattern Shop and finishing areas. The introduction of this has virtually eliminated lifting gear failures since its inception.
