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Currently, falls from height remain the single biggest cause of workplace deaths and one of the main causes of major injury within the workplace due to ineffective health and safety provisions and lack of training.
Currently, falls from height remain the single biggest cause of workplace deaths and one of the main causes of major injury within the workplace due to ineffective health and safety provisions and lack of training.
With falls from height still the single biggest cause of deaths in the workplace, the Access Industry Forum (AIF), the Forum for the principal trade associations and federations involved in temporary work at height, will be advancing safety, best practice and competency at the Health & Safety Event, being held at the Birmingham NEC from the 11th to the 13th March.
The new Z600 SL heavy duty ladder range from Zarges is designed to cope with extreme use and intense situations. Their maximum static load capacity of 250 kg is 66% greater than the demands of EN 131 and 42% greater than the requirements of BS 2037 Class 1.
North West cleaning contractor Ultra Cleaning Service benefited from the versatility of powered access when it hired a JLG 860SJ boom lift and a Skyjack SJ8841 scissor lift from AFI to clean cladding at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton.
UTN Training is part of the AFI group of companies and a provider of health, safety and skills training. The company directly employs support teams and trainers at 21 locations throughout the UK to ensure they know their customers personally.
FASET, the trade body representing the fall arrest and safety net rigging industry, has launched a training course for riggers needing to access open steelwork to rig safety nets for roofs and floors where other forms of access – such as ladders and MEWPs – are not practical.
A Hertfordshire scaffolding firm has been fined for a catalogue of safety failings – including throwing and catching metal fittings over the heads of shoppers – as they erected two scaffolds outside the Oxford branch of Debenhams.
Heronrib barefoot matting from Plastic Extruders is being used to keep the local swimming and water polo teams safe from slipping accidents at the natatorium in Glyfada, part of the Athletic Nautical Club of Glyfada, Athens, Greece.
Safesite has installed KeeGuard Topfix and Kee Walk for Wightlink Ferries on their refuelling tanks moored in Portsmouth Harbour to allow safe access to the sounding caps and level sensors on top of the tanks, which are used to monitor the tank fuel levels.
Altro Suprema II safety flooring is providing a hardwearing, slip-resistant surface for the thousands of school children, community groups and tourists who visit Aberdeen Maritime Museum every year.
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