JSP is issuing a stark and
urgent warning to procurers,
site managers and users of
safety helmets to check them
immediately to make sure
they are genuine, following
the discovery of dangerously
poor-quality counterfeits.
Henkel has expanded its
Loctite health and safety
range of non-hazardous
engineering adhesives. The
three hazard-label-free
cyanoacrylates or instant
adhesives, are clean and easy
to apply for fast positioning
and fixturing of parts.
Recent weather fronts have shown
just how quickly the country can be
covered in snow. Even with advance
warnings it always makes sense to be
prepared for the worst icy conditions
by having a cost-effective winter risk
management system in place.
Kee Safety has created an informative
video to highlight the benefits of
using standard fittings to construct
handrailing. Available to view at
www.keesafety.co.uk, the short film
compares good and bad railing
installations, and illustrates the
durability of systems which have been
installed with Kee Klamp fittings,
when compared to fabricated
structures. The video highlights how
fittings provide high quality, reliable
and long lasting structures.
Eurosafe Solutions is advising
building owners to ensure their fall
protection systems on roofs are being
properly tested and inspected, as the
compensation culture means
businesses who do not address this
are putting themselves at great risk.
When one of the tallest scaffold
structures in the UK was about to be
dismantled from the 112.5 metre
Milton Court tower in the City of
London, maintaining the highest level
of operative and public safety in this
built up location was paramount.
Connect Scaffolding chose the
COMBISAFE Safety Net Fan Maxi to
provide an increased level of
protection and containment against
falling debris while the scaffold
structure was dismantled particularly
in respect to the resultant high wind
lo
Manoeuvrability and flexibility were
key requirements for Whittle
Programmed
Painting when the
company hired an
AFI powered access
machine to carry out
a painting contract
in Derby. Following
an AFI site survey, a
JLG 800AJ boom lift
was selected to paint
the exterior concrete
and windows on the
five-storey office building. The
800AJ has a working height of
26.38m, a horizontal outreach of
15.74m and a width of 2.44m.
In January CTE delivered 10 truckmounted
articulated platforms –
ZED 20 CSL installed on IVECO
DAILY 5.0 ton – to the Italian army.
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.
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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