Tag: height-safety

02 Dec 2016

Tree Surgeon Equipment: Stay Safe at Height

mike Products

Working at height can be very dangerous, and if there's one profession that guarantees a steady stream of high-up work, it's tree surgery. Tree surgeons (also known as arborists) are required to ascend tall trees on a daily basis, and it's important for these workers and their employers to do everything possible to minimise the risk of a fall.

We at SafetyLiftinGear.com consider ourselves specialists in the field of height safety, and sure enough, we sell a range of height safety products that are especially perfect for tree surgeons and the work they do.

Our selection of tree surgeon equipment is designed to help arborists climb trees and go about their work safely. Here's a quick look at some of the products currently available to buy or hire from SafetyLiftinGear.com:

Safety Harnesses

A strong safety harness is perhaps the most important item for anyone who works at height. To help prevent you / your workers from falling to the ground during a job, we offer an assortment of different harnesses that are ideally suited to tree surgery.

Climbing Accessories

We also stock a variety of ascenders, descenders, and pulley products to help you get up and down trees with minimal difficulty.

Tool Lanyards & Hooks

These products are designed to prevent tools and other items from falling to the ground while you're busy working. A tool dropped from height can cause serious injuries to anyone who might be standing beneath you, so it's a good idea to use hooks and lanyards to keep everything attached to your person.

Click here to browse and buy our arborist equipment >

05 Sep 2016

New to SafetyLiftinGear: Ladder Safety Kits

jodie Products

Our new ladder safety kits are ideal for staying safe when working at height.

Falls from height are responsible for a startling number of workplace injuries every year, and around half of all fatal workplace falls involve ladders. We've probably all been up a ladder on at least a few occasions, and when you need to access a hard-to-reach area, a ladder is very often the best tool for the job; however, ladders can also be very dangerous if not used safely.

To help you and/or your employees stay safe on ladders, we are proud to present two brand new additions to the SafetyLiftinGear website: our ladder safety kits. Here's a quick primer on what each one includes:

Level 1 Ladder Safety Kit

The level 1 kit includes the following items:

2-point safety harness
Reusable ladder restraint tie (12mm diameter, suitable for use with any solid brick or concrete wall)
Waterproof PVC kit bag
Scaffold hook (attaches to ladder rung)
Twist lock karabiner (attaches to the safety harness)
Endless lashing (for securing the ladder to the ladder restraint tie)

Click here to view the level 1 ladder safety kit.

Level 2 Ladder Safety Kit

The level 2 kit includes a 10m safety line that allows the user to carry up a variety of items (such as small tools or buckets) with ease. If you purchase this kit, you'll receive the following items:

2 point safety harness
Stainless steel rope grab
Kermantle rope (10m length, 12mm thickness)
Waterproof PVC kit bag
Webbing anchor (attaches safety line to the ladder via a karabiner)
Twist lock karabiner
Reusable ladder restraint tie (12mm diameter, suitable for use with any solid brick or concrete wall)
Endless lashing (for securing the ladder to the ladder restraint tie)

Click here to view the level 2 ladder safety kit.

Who Should Use Our Ladder Safety Kits?

These two kits are designed to keep ladders securely in place and ensure that users remain safe and protected while working at height. They are ideal for any worker who frequently uses a ladder to access hard-to-reach locations, including:

Painters
Window cleaners
Security equipment installers
Cable/telecom workers

Do you work at height on a regular basis? Click here to view our full range of height safety gear.

05 Sep 2016

New to SafetyLiftinGear: Ladder Safety Kits

jodie Products

Our new ladder safety kits are ideal for staying safe when working at height.

Falls from height are responsible for a startling number of workplace injuries every year, and around half of all fatal workplace falls involve ladders. We've probably all been up a ladder on at least a few occasions, and when you need to access a hard-to-reach area, a ladder is very often the best tool for the job; however, ladders can also be very dangerous if not used safely.

To help you and/or your employees stay safe on ladders, we are proud to present two brand new additions to the SafetyLiftinGear website: our ladder safety kits. Here's a quick primer on what each one includes:

Level 1 Ladder Safety Kit

The level 1 kit includes the following items:

2-point safety harness
Reusable ladder restraint tie (12mm diameter, suitable for use with any solid brick or concrete wall)
Waterproof PVC kit bag
Scaffold hook (attaches to ladder rung)
Twist lock karabiner (attaches to the safety harness)
Endless lashing (for securing the ladder to the ladder restraint tie)

Click here to view the level 1 ladder safety kit.

Level 2 Ladder Safety Kit

The level 2 kit includes a 10m safety line that allows the user to carry up a variety of items (such as small tools or buckets) with ease. If you purchase this kit, you'll receive the following items:

2 point safety harness
Stainless steel rope grab
Kermantle rope (10m length, 12mm thickness)
Waterproof PVC kit bag
Webbing anchor (attaches safety line to the ladder via a karabiner)
Twist lock karabiner
Reusable ladder restraint tie (12mm diameter, suitable for use with any solid brick or concrete wall)
Endless lashing (for securing the ladder to the ladder restraint tie)

Click here to view the level 2 ladder safety kit.

Who Should Use Our Ladder Safety Kits?

These two kits are designed to keep ladders securely in place and ensure that users remain safe and protected while working at height. They are ideal for any worker who frequently uses a ladder to access hard-to-reach locations, including:

Painters
Window cleaners
Security equipment installers
Cable/telecom workers

Do you work at height on a regular basis? Click here to view our full range of height safety gear.

17 Aug 2016

Failure to Use Correct Equipment Leads to More Worker Falls!

mike

Time and time again, we're seeing companies causing serious worker injuries and incurring huge fines, as a direct result of failing to use the correct fall prevention equipment!

Just yesterday, we shared this story from HSE, which details the life-changing fall of a worker down a lift pit. The worker was not only left with a slew of broken bones and a punctured lung, but was also rendered unable to return to work in the future as a result. On examination, the construction site in Cardiff was found to be poorly managed, with the investigation also revealing that an unsuitable system of lightweight barriers and beanbags (which had been removed), had been used as a feeble attempt at provide fall-prevention.

A similar case, published by SHP at the end of last week, also detailed a set of serious injuries to a 63-year-old employee, who was conducting work on a school roof. In this case, however, the fall protection wasn't simply insufficient, but completely non-existent! The worker's injuries included a broken collar bone, as well as a chipped vertebrae, resulting in the school being fined £40,000 and ordered to pay £1,477 in costs, for breaching the Work at Height Regulations 2005. Upon inspection, no guardrails or alternative form of fall protection were found, creating a deadly mix in combination with the lack of adequate supervision and planning.

When it comes to working on a roof, or similarly high space whilst performing construction and maintenance work, it is of vital importance that workers are properly protected. When there is a steep drop or sharply plunging edge near the area where operations are being conducted, it is highly important that the correct use of edge protection systems are implemented. At SafetyLiftinGear, we do our best to provide both permanent and modular safety lines and fall arrest systems, in order to ensure that we are able to provide safe solutions for any environment or conditions.

Whether your work is part of a long-term operation, or is simply a one-off job, there is no excuse for failing to provide height safety and fall prevention measures!

To see our full selection of height safety equipment, click here. You can also follow us on Twitter for more health and safety news stories!

08 Aug 2016

Rope Access Equipment from SafetyLiftinGear

mike Products

Rope access is the practice of using ropes to access hard-to-reach areas instead of, for example, erecting a scaffold. This method can be a fast, cost-effective solution for all sorts of different tasks, but it's important for rope access workers to use high-quality gear and the right safety equipment at all times to minimise the risk of something going wrong.

We sell a superb selection of rope access equipment here at SafetyLiftinGear, so if you and/or your employees use the rope access method to carry out work at height, we can help you to get the job done safely and efficiently. Here's a selection of the products we offer:

Rope Access Safety Harnesses
Kernmantle Rope
Head Protection
PETZL Fall Protection / Rope Access Gear
Tool Lanyards (prevent your tools from falling)

Our rope access equipment is used by professionals in a wide variety of different industries, as well as for leisure pursuits such as rock climbing and caving. Click here to browse our full range, or contact us if you need to discuss a bespoke height safety solution for your project.

04 Aug 2016

More Height Safety Disasters!

mike Health & Safety

As we've noticed so many terrible examples of poor, or even non-existent height safety during the past few weeks, we decided it was about time that we created a post to highlight our concerns, and show just how common these idiotic actions can be! Just try to look at these photographs without feeling a little bit ill...

(Pinterest)

Lesson #1: The material lift equivalent of giving your mate a boost is never a good idea...

(Pinterest)

In fact, getting your work mates to hold you up is probably one of the worst ideas when it comes to height safety, which is why lesson #2 is to avoid a dizzying situation like the one pictured above!

(Stupid Humans)

Lesson #3: Your workplace probably isn't the best place to practise your tightrope skills. Stick on a harness, and learn how use a scissor lift properly!

(Pinterest)

Lesson #4: If you really want to be air lifted, just keep working like this! The emergency services will soon have you sorted...

(Pinterest)

Lesson #5: For goodness' sake, use the right ladder! It will save you the hassle of improvising this contraption, as well as a few dozen broken bones...

We hope that our latest disaster round-up inspired you to avoid any improvised shortcuts and crazy solutions in the workplace! If you'll excuse the pun, working at height is dangerous on all levels, which is why you should always have the proper safety measures in place, and ensure that you're making full use of the correct height safety equipment!

04 Aug 2016

More Height Safety Disasters!

mike Health & Safety

As we've noticed so many terrible examples of poor, or even non-existent height safety during the past few weeks, we decided it was about time that we created a post to highlight our concerns, and show just how common these idiotic actions can be! Just try to look at these photographs without feeling a little bit ill...

(Pinterest)

Lesson #1: The material lift equivalent of giving your mate a boost is never a good idea...

(Pinterest)

In fact, getting your work mates to hold you up is probably one of the worst ideas when it comes to height safety, which is why lesson #2 is to avoid a dizzying situation like the one pictured above!

(Stupid Humans)

Lesson #3: Your workplace probably isn't the best place to practise your tightrope skills. Stick on a harness, and learn how use a scissor lift properly!

(Pinterest)

Lesson #4: If you really want to be air lifted, just keep working like this! The emergency services will soon have you sorted...

(Pinterest)

Lesson #5: For goodness' sake, use the right ladder! It will save you the hassle of improvising this contraption, as well as a few dozen broken bones...

We hope that our latest disaster round-up inspired you to avoid any improvised shortcuts and crazy solutions in the workplace! If you'll excuse the pun, working at height is dangerous on all levels, which is why you should always have the proper safety measures in place, and ensure that you're making full use of the correct height safety equipment!