The Safety Shovel provides the ideal real-time detection of metal and power above or below ground. It allows for the detection of metallic cables, pipes and electric circuits under the ground.
The significant financial cost and time as well as reputational harm in the event of unexpectedly damage to utility assets can be crippling. In addition, industry demands for work safety have never been more stringent.
The Safety Shovel is your key tool to prevent assets strikes and keep your workers safe. The Safety Shovel is a world first, protected under patent after 4 years of persistent R&D.
This tool is simple and easy to use. It provides the double benefit of serving as a conventional shovel and a safety tool/ asset detection device in one. The Safety Shovel is multi-functional: featuring multiple sensors, it can detect a variety of metals within 280 mm.
Heavy duty and lightweight, this tool is designed with the end user at the fore. The metal LED lights will flash green or red at a range in frequency from fast to slow to indicate risk during the dig.
The long-life battery is USB rechargeable, and a single charge produces around 36 hours of use.
The Safety Shovel is designed and made in Australia to be used as a supportive tool to protect workers from harmful events resulting from assets strikes. Although best endeavours are deployed to prevent infrastructure strikes, records that are inaccurate deliver risk that cannot be minimised without advanced tooling.
The Safety Shovel provides the ideal real-time detection tool to protect workers by detecting metal objects & electrical cables (EMF) subsurface. With alignment to Australian excavation standards, the Safety Shovel allows workers to operate within the ‘exclusion Zone’ and detect materials and cables that if damaged, would result in a major occupational health, safety and environment (OHSE) event.
This technology is a world-first, incorporating simultaneous detection of electrical currents and metallic objects combined within a shovel, and it will make its debut at the 2022 No Dig show.
For more information visit the Safety Shovel website.
This article appeared in the February 2022 issue of Trenchless Australasia. Click here to view the digital edition of the magazine.