Here at SafetyLiftinGear, we are committed to providing the highest-quality products for every purpose. Whether you are looking for lifting equipment, height safety kits, or something else entirely, we want to feel confident that you are getting the very best for your money.
With this in mind, we'd like to introduce the latest addition to our catalogue: Elephant lifting products! Elephant is a very well-respected brand within our industry, and their assorted products - all of which are made in Japan - are known for their exceptional strength and outstanding technical specs.
Elephant specialise in heavy-duty hoisting products: chain blocks, lever hoists, and so forth. When you're lifting and transporting multi-tonne loads, it's reassuring to know that the equipment you're using is built to endure, and that's exactly what Elephant products promise - they're just as strong as the animal they're named for!
Click here to see our full range of Elephant lifting equipment.
Before anything else, we'd like to wish all of our customers a very Happy New Year! We hope that you all enjoyed the festive period, and that you're looking forward to all that 2015 has to offer.
The last couple of months have been particularly hectic for the team here at SafetyLiftinGear - we've been busy opening not one, not two, but four new depots across the United Kingdom. In addition to our headquarters in Bristol, we now have locations in London, Cardiff, Bridgwater and Leeds.
With this in mind, we are thrilled to introduce you to our quartet of newly-appointed depot managers...
John Sutcliffe - Depot Manager, Leeds(Note the assortment of chainblocks, slings, and other items in the background!)
Steve Clare - Depot Manager, Cardiff
Lee Smalldridge - Depot Manager, London
Steve Bowtell - Depot Manager, Bridgwater
Contact information for all five SafetyLiftinGear depots can be found on our Contact page - simply select the depot that is closest to your location.
No matter which of our depots you get in touch with, you are sure to get an outstanding service from SafetyLiftinGear! Click here to return to our homepage and browse our full range of products.
If you need to purchase an electric hoist, it's important to pick the right one for the job - using an insufficient or inappropriate hoist could have dire consequences for you and the people around you.
With this in mind, here is a short, helpful guide to SafetyLiftinGear's assorted electric hoist products:
If you have any further questions about our electric hoist range, give SafetyLiftinGear a call on 0808 123 69 69 or email sales@safetyliftingear.com.
Health and safety regulations can sometimes seem like they were designed just to inconvenience people, rather than to save their lives. This impression isn't helped by the journalists who seem to take great pleasure in writing about absurd 'elf and safety' stories that make the whole practice look like a joke - trees being cut down for no good reason, people being ordered to remove their Christmas decorations, and so forth.
But, in spite of all this, health and safety is there for a crucial purpose: to keep people safe from harm. It isn't hard to quantify the importance of this; for every cringeworthy story about 'health and safety gone mad', there are half a dozen about somebody who was seriously injured or even killed by H&S oversights. If, for example, you were to Google height safety (something of a speciality for the SafetyLiftinGear team), you'd be rewarded with the following horror stories (all of which are from the last week or so):
As you can see, poor health and safety practices really are everywhere, and it's high time for businesses like those mentioned above to sort it out.
For starters, then: if you or your employees are ever carrying out any work at height, ensure that the correct height safety equipment is in place. As we've seen, this could prevent some serious injuries, not to mention some major fines.
We sell a variety of lifting slings here at SafetyLiftinGear, but our polyester webbing slings are certainly the most popular. Webbing slings are lightweight and versatile, but no less strong for it; they can bear extremely large loads and help you to lift these loads in a safe, secure manner.
Now, as with most of the items in SLG's Lifting Equipment section, each of our polyester webbing slings has a different weight limit. This is obviously a very important factor - if the sling you purchase is insufficient for the loads you are lifting, your safety and that of people around you cannot be guaranteed. Maximum weight is clearly identified in the name of each sling (e.g. 5 Tonne Webbing Sling), so be sure to check this before purchasing.
Did you know that we also sell hooks for our lifting slings? We do, and as with the slings themselves, each hook has a different weight capacity. For your convenience, the hooks and the slings are colour-coded, so it's easy to buy a hook and a sling with the same weight limit; for example, our 3 Tonne Sling is coloured yellow, as is the 3 Tonne Sling Hook.
Once again, the consequences of using the wrong hook can be disastrous, so please ensure that you are buying a hook that matches your webbing sling. It's the safest way to go!
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