Slips, Trips & Falls
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Tracking safety

Dynatrack is a new slip resistant
matting designed and manufactured
in the UK by Plastic Extruders for
use in London Underground’s
maintenance depots. The product
was trialled at the Cockfosters depot
and is now being rolled out to
another large depot at Northfields.

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Extra deep tread step

TB Davies ladder group has extended its Summit product range, to include a new stepladder: the Comfort XL step. It features extra deep 125mm treads that are said to make the step both safer and more comfortable to use than a conventional stepladder.

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School sanctuary

AFI supplied its SanctuaryZone antientrapment
device, together with
powered access units, to ensure the
safety of contractors erecting
steelwork for a new school under
construction in Basildon, Essex.

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Keep your feet on the ground

Varitech Systems’ HighLine range
of composite power poles identify a
need among contract cleaners for
telescopic poles that are robust and
rigid enough to cope with the
demands of high pressure
cleaning.

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No more slippery fish

Vynagrip matting, manufactured by
Plastic Extruders, is solving a
slippery problem for the largest fish
shop in Piraeus, the port of Athens in
Greece. Fresh off the boats each day,
large quantities of fish are delivered
together with packed ice, while over
counter machines continually spray
water to keep the fish wet. The result
was that the shop’s tiled floor used to
become very slippery with increased
risk of slip and fall accidents.

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Splash of colour

Altro’s latest safety flooring systems
offer the choice of adhered or
adhesive-free flooring in a new palette
of 42 colours, for a more flexible and
sustainable option. Altro Walkway 20
and Altro XpressLay now share a
palette of 23 colours including plain
and chipped options. Suitable for
public locations, new Altro Walkway
Plus and Altro XpressLay Plus share a
non-sparkle, non-industrial palette of
19 new colours. Specifiers can choose
from the shared colour palettes, then
decide w

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In a tight spot

Easi-Dec has provided York Minster
Cathedral with a roof access system
that allows the maintenance team to
safely and securely access the roof
space to upgrade the fire alarms and
sensors. Easi-Dec’s smaller access
platform, Mono-Dec, was specified as
the building’s ornate architecture and
design meant that it had to be easily
compactible to overcome tight spaces.

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Locks by rung

TB Davies’ latest telescopic ladder is
fitted with patented TrueTeleTech
technology, which the company
claims makes it the world’s only
telescopic ladder to extend and lock
by the rung. Xtend+Climb is
manufactured from extruded 6061
Aerospace Grade Aluminium that is
robust with good corrosion resistance
and high tensile strength.

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Added safety & comfort

TB Davies ladder group has
extended its Summit product range
to include an extra safe and
comfortable stepladder. The new
Comfort XL step features extra deep
125mm treads that make the step
both safer and
more comfortable to
use than a
conventional
stepladder.

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Back on the grid

Kee Safety has provided roof top
safety to Vasilikos Power Station in
Cyprus following an explosion at a
nearby military facility. In order to
resume full services after the
explosion, the site required extensive
refurbishment and repair.

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