When working outside in cold weather, it is essential that you stay warm in order to prevent serious health issues like hypothermia, frostbite and other cold-related illnesses. Staying warm also helps to maintain your body’s energy levels, improve your alertness, and reduce your risk of work errors that can lead to serious accidents and injuries on the job.
So, how can you stay warm while working outside? Keep reading to find out!
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If you’re looking for a versatile and portable roof anchor device, look no further than the latest addition to our product range: The IM300 Portable Roof Man Anchor!
The IM300 Portable Roof Man Anchor is a portable anchor device for work on flat roofs that is specifically engineered for use in both fall protection and work restraint systems.
Rope access is a technique for working at height that uses ropes and anchor points to achieve the desired work position. Rope access work is usually carried out while suspended in a safety harness, allowing the worker to ascend, descend and traverse a structure while working.
Edge protection systems exists to protect people from falling, yet falls from height still remain one of the leading causes of workplace injury and death. This can be due to a lack of edge protection.
A recent article from the HSE discusses how a worker suffered serious injuries after falling from a flat roof that did not have any edge protection. This was the second time that the sole trader in charge had failed to provide edge protection on a job.
This raises the questions we will be answering in this blog: why is edge protection so important? And what kind of edge protection systems are out there that could have prevented this accident taking place?
If you’re looking for a completely adjustable safety harness kit for access platforms, cherry pickers and general MEWP restraint – you’re in the right place!
At SafetyLiftinGear, we are running a summer promotion on our ever-popular Cherry Picker Harness Kit, so for limited time only, our best-selling cherry picker kit is available at special reduced price!
Severe bleeding can kill in minutes, which is why every second counts during the aftermath of a traumatic injury. Having a bleed control trauma kit nearby buys the patient vital time until the emergency services arrive, making it a truly essential and life-saving bit of kit.
At SafetyLiftinGear, we offer the SOVOS Platinum Core, Platinum Vital and Platinum Force bleed control trauma kits, with the Core kit containing 10 essential supplies, the Vital kit containing 16 trauma supplies and the Force kit containing 21 life-saving supplies.
Both web slings and wire rope slings are commonly used in construction and manufacturing industries where heavy lifting is required – but which one is best for your heavy lifting task?
Keep reading this handy guide to learn the difference between web slings and wire rope slings, so that you can choose the best and safest sling for your material handling applications.
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