Latest info in the industry for Safety Lifting Equipment

13Jul2016

Our Southampton Depot is Now Open!

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If you live or work in Southampton or the surrounding area, you'll be pleased to know that this is our newest depot location!

Whether you own a local business that requires lifting and material handling gear, or if you're carrying out temporary operations in the area, which calls for the use of locally hired equipment, we have everything you could possibly need - all stored in a convenient location at great prices! Whatever the demands of your job may be, big or small, our friendly team will be able to find the deal that's best for you.

Best of all, our new Southampton location will also be part of our convenient click and collect system, which means that you'll be able to order all your required items online, to be picked up from your nearest depot.

Some of the equipment we supply includes:

Height Safety

*Harnesses

*Fall Arrest Blocks

*Roof Anchor Systems

Lifting and Rigging

*Chainblocks

*Leverhoists

*Webbing Slings

Material Handling

*Pallet Trucks

*Platform Tables

Sack Trucks

and more!

If you're looking to buy or hire our high-quality site equipment in Southampton, you can get in touch by calling 0800 860 69 69. If you'd like to visit our depot, you can find us here:

Unit 4 Southampton Trade Park,

Third Avenue,

Southampton

SO15 OAD

11Jul2016

Huge Savings on Height Safety Equipment

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Clearance Sale: Order Now While Stocks Last!

If you're looking for a great deal, then you're in luck! We've reduced the prices of a huge selection of Height Safety Equipment and even though these products are hugely popular, there's still time for you to place your order! Here are a few of the items currently on offer here at SafetyLiftinGear:

Restraint Rope Lanyard
Harnesses
Hi-Viz Jacket
Shock Absorbing Lanyard
Hi-Viz Overall Harness

There is limited stock on these items so once they're gone, they're gone for good! Hurry and place your order now - all of these items can be found in our Height Safety Special Offers.

08Jul2016

Electric Wire Rope Hoists in Action!

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M-Build (a building and maintenance company based in Warwickshire) recently purchased an Electric Wire Rope Hoist from us and were extremely impressed with the lifting device. They loved how simple it made the task of lifting goods to the heights at which they operate.

We at SafetyLiftinGear sell a range of electric hoists, each with its own unique specifications and weight load limit, ensuring that any load can be lifted under any circumstances. Each electric wire hoist comes fully tested and certified, as well as coming with a 12 month warranty. All of our hoists are available both to buy and to hire.

If you're interested in purchasing a Wire Rope Hoist of your own, please click here.

01Jul2016

Electric Stacker Trucks: A New Addition to Our Range

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We are pleased to announce that we have added a new electric stacker truck to the SafetyLifitnGear catalogue. These trucks are ideal for low-duty applications in warehouse environments, with automatic functionality that makes loading and stacking easier than ever before.

Here's everything you need to know about our new arrival:

1000kg Powered Electric Stacker

LoadSurfer ECL1029

Compact, lightweight 4-wheel design
Superb stability
Sideways tiller
Automatic lift cut-off function extends battery life
Includes built-in charger
Weight load limit: 1000kg
Lifting height: 2840mm

Buy or hire now >

We are among the UK's leading suppliers of high-quality lifting and handling products. Please visit our Material Handling Equipment department to browse our full material handling range, or call 0808 123 69 69 if you have any questions for our customer service team.

30Jun2016

Working at Height: Unsafe Practices Can Lead to Severe Injuries

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It's easy to underestimate just how dangerous working at height can be. Remember, 'working at height' doesn't always mean standing on top of a skyscraper; the UK Health & Safety Executive defines it as "work carried out in any place where a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury". Whether you're standing on a scaffold or an upturned box, if there's a chance you could fall and hurt yourself then it counts as working at height.

And when you're working at height, it's crucial to take the appropriate height safety measures. Again, it's easy to underestimate the measures that might be required - everybody knows that you need some sort of fall prevention system in place when you're working on a rooftop, but people are often perfectly happy to use, say, a stepladder without considering whether or not it's safe to do so.

But just as some lucky people have fallen from great heights and emerged relatively unscathed, many people have fallen off stepladders and ended up badly hurt. Earlier this month, The Construction Index published a story about two BT employees, both of whom fell from stepladders while at work and suffered injuries of varying severity. The first man lost his senses of smell and taste; the second was left with long term memory problems, partial vision loss, and multiple fractures to his skull and spine. These two incidents occurred within hours of one another; BT eventually pleaded guilty to health and safety breaches and ended up paying a fine of £600,000 (plus costs of £60,000).

This unfortunate story deftly illustrates the importance of height safety measures. Never assume that you/your workers will be safe because 'it's not that high' - be sure to assess the risks properly and take any measures necessary to minimise the risk of an accident.

Click here to browse SafetyLiftinGear's full range of height safety equipment.

28Jun2016

Glas-tow: How We Helped Festival-Goers Escape The Mud This Year

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Whether you were there for the action at Worthy Farm this year or not, we're sure that you've seen some of the mud-soaked horror stories that have come out of this year's festival. Of course, Glastonbury is known for being notoriously muddy, but this year's lashing of rain really took its toll on the site's parking area.

After all the chaos caused last Wednesday, with some festival-goers experiencing delays of over 10 hours as they journeyed into Pilton, the organisers wanted to make sure that they were prepared to help car travellers leave the festival on Sunday and Monday. As you may have seen in our previous blog post, we delivered several loads of towing chains to the site on Friday, to help ensure that all the provisions were in place to help cars flee the mud.

Since our last post, videos have emerged on BBC Points West, showing our towing chains in action as people are pulled out of the mud. Some even left the site as early as Sunday afternoon, with a host of acts yet to perform, in a bid to avoid the chaos of the Monday rush. You can see footage of tractors pulling vehicles out of the mud bath with our towing chains here!

If you're heading to a UK festival this summer, make sure you're prepared with the right gear! We have trolley carts, winching gear, tarpaulins and more, to make sure you have a great time, even in the British weather!

27Jun2016

Chain Hooks? We've Got Plenty!

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If you're searching for a high-quality chain hook then you've come to the right place! Here at SafetyLiftinGear, we have a terrific range of chain hooks to suit a variety of purposes and weight limits. Whether you're looking for a chain hook that rotates 360 degrees or large heavy duty 5 tonne hook, you're bound to find a chain hook that is right for you! To help you with your search, we've listed some of our top selling chain hooks below, all of which are available to both hire and buy!

2 Tonne Webbing/Roundling Hook Grade 100

Was £17.25, Now £14.38

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This hook can be used with webbing or round slings as a lifting hook, with the sling threaded through the hook. It's colour coded to match the working load limit of the lifting sling and can also be used as a link to join two slings together.

3 Tonne Webbing/Roundsling Hook Grade 100

Was 25.89, Now £21.58

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This hook has a mighty 3 tonne maximum lifting capacity, so it's the perfect hook to use for all your heavy duty needs. Again, this hook can be used with webbing or round slings and can also be used to link two slings together.

G80 Swivel

Cost: £9.58

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This swivel is designed for use with shackles, chains and slings where the operator has to rotate the load. It can rotate 360 degrees and is available in sizes to suit 7, 8, 10, 13 or 16mm G80 chain / Connectors.

Can't find the chain hook you're looking for? Click here to view our full range!