Xwatch safety systems have recently announced a new partnership with technology solutions specialists, MDiG, who will become official distributors of the Xwatch suite of safety systems.

Lynch believes that the right training and familiarisation on all types of plant that the company supply is key to the company and the wider industry’s future. Ensuring that Lynch customers’ sites are safe, and personnel remains injury-free, is pivotal for everyone involved in construction projects.

Explore Plant and Transport Solutions is a nationwide plant hire and transport firm, headquartered in Worksop. The company is part-owned by blue-chip contractor Laing O’Rourke.

Xwatch caught up with Malcolm De Wildt, Director of MCD Developments to have a chat about why he chose XWatch Safety Solutions and what his team has been able to achieve since utilising the XW4 System.

The “zero accident” objective in the workplace is a major challenge for many companies. Incidents involving pedestrians and mobile equipment such as excavators, wheel loaders and material handlers are still happening! Businesses that have strong safety values realise this and implement effective traffic management solutions to protect people.

The Leica iCON PA80 safety awareness solution is integrated with XWatch XW 4 & 5 series safety systems.

Blackwood Plant Hire, based in Kilmarnock, specialise in the hire of operated and self-drive excavators throughout Central Scotland and the UK. The company is headed up by managing director Paul McCormack and boasts a modern fleet of 300 excavators, including JCB, Komatsu, Kobelco & Hitachi crawler, and wheeled excavators - plus a range of other plant equipment including dump trucks, dumpers, and rollers.

Xwatch Safety Solutions and distribution partners off-highway plant safety specialists, Sphere 24, have been working alongside James Samuel, Head of Product Innovations, at BlueSky Solutions and Nationwide Platforms, which are both parts of the Loxam Group of companies, to develop the latest in height and slew control for mobile elevated work platforms – MEWPs.

Xwatch have recently installed its XW4 height & slew restrictor system to Plantforce Rentals state of the art Kobelco SK210LC, fitted with Leica semi-automatic GPS machine control and an SMP ST22 tilt rotator – a UK first.