EPC-UK bring safety to the fore

Company makes safety the number one priority with launch of new Esprit d’Equipe mobile app

EPC-UK are again emphasizing safety as a number one priority for all of their employees and customers with the launch of their innovative new Esprit d’Equipe mobile app.

The free multifunctional mobile app provides the user with safety alerts and the latest safety information, as well as the ability to track and record individual CPD activity.

It can also report issues directly to EPC-UK, which, when combined with its inbuilt tools, can save valuable time when on site. With easily accessible information, such as detailed product guides; event information, including upcoming exhibitions and seminars; news stories; and an understandable and easy to use format, the app is said to be extremely user-friendly.

Available on all Android and Apple devices, the app allows downloaded information to be accessed offline, eliminating the need for data or a Wi-Fi connection. The ‘push’ functionality also means the user will be kept up to date with the latest safety data.

EPC-UK say the new app not only reduces the need for excessive paperwork, but it allows the company’s employees to instantly access information on site, regardless of location or network coverage, and disseminate this information directly to the customer in real time.

Externally, the app’s powerful tools allow complex calculations to be made by blast designers and shotfirers, helping to increase on-site efficiency and effectiveness, as well as safety.

It also allows EPC-UK employees to collaborate more closely on safety issues and provides employees and customers with updates on new company initiatives and developments, as well as the ability to instantly access the EPC-UK website and Twitter feed.

The Esprit d’Equipe app has been developed in collaboration with EPC-UK’s safety ambassadors, who were introduced to the company to assist in communicating the importance of safety throughout the organization and assist in ensuring that safety standards are being met, and that these standards are taken out on site and ultimately to the customer.

The inspiration for the app came from EPC-UK’s Esprit d’Equipe initiative and is based on the group’s core values, which are encapsulated in the word ‘SPIRIT’– safety, passion, integrity, respect, innovation and teamwork – with safety being the number one priority.

‘In our industry, safety must always remain at the core of everything we undertake. The new Esprit d’Equipe mobile app will bring safety to the forefront of everyone’s minds, consolidate all of our knowledge and expertise into one place, and help us reach our ultimate goal of zero harm,’ explained Ben Williams, managing director of EPC-UK.

‘Real-time safety information will also prove invaluable when on site, whilst the ability to record and track activity will provide us with the vital information we need to make EPC-UK even more effective – and more importantly safer – in the future, benefitting both our employees and our customers.’