{"id":41023,"date":"2025-11-13T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infrabuild.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=41023"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:26:18","slug":"meet-david-mcmellon-leading-with-safety-at-infrabuild-recycling","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.infrabuild.com\/our-stories\/meet-david-mcmellon-leading-with-safety-at-infrabuild-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet David McMellon: Leading with Safety at InfraBuild Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet David McMellon  \u2013 Leading with Safety in Recycling | InfraBuild National Recycling Week\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qyZd-dPsjq8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For David McMellon, safety is not just part of the job. It is the reason everyone gets to go home at the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have been with InfraBuild for 15 years, and our biggest risks in the yard are related to mobile plant,\u201d David said. \u201cWe have quite a few pieces of equipment, so line of fire is one of the biggest controls we manage. Radio communication plays a big part in that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Queensland Health, Safety and Environment Lead, David focuses on creating a culture where safety always comes first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPPE is one of our most important controls because of the amount of manual handling we do, like picking scrap off the belts and using tools,\u201d he said. \u201cWe also put a lot of effort into training on site. 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