Improving vehicle safety by fitting hazard detection systems Cummins is a global power leader that designs, manufactures, sells and services related technology around the world. In the UK, one of its companies at Ramsgate in Kent, assembles power generators for a diverse customer base. Health and safety is of paramount importance to all Cummins operations across the globe. At the Ramsgate plant, as part of the continuous improvement process, a project team was set up to upgrade the traffic management around the plant, introducing new routes for greater safety and efficiency. There was a requirement to fit reversing alarms to the forklift trucks used on the site that would have a different sound to the large cranes used to move heavy equipment along the assembly lines. As the trucks w

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