Four Tees Engineering use GripClad® GRP Mini-Mesh Grating to Improve Overline Footbridge Safety

Footbridges are vital structures found in many cities and public areas, used for walking, biking, train moving and local traffic. But footbridges – especially the overline pedestrian footbridge – can be very dangerous where there is a steep fall into water, rugged terrain or onto train tracks below.

To prevent fatal accidents caused by people falling or accidentally jumping, GripClad® GRP Mini-Mesh Grating is the durable safety solution of choice for screening on overline footbridges.

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GRP Grating – the Safety Solution for Commercial Inspection Pits

Inspection Pit

Whether you use your inspection pit for a truck, trailer, HGV, bus, train, public service vehicle, or even in your garage at home, they all must be safe when they’re not in use.

If your workplace uses vehicles daily, you’ll likely have an inspection pit on site to carry out maintenance.

The question is, is it easily accessible and, most importantly, safe when it isn’t in use?

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How safe are the railway sleepers on your Golf Course from trips and slips?

Boston West Golf and Appletree Country Park

Old railway sleepers have been used on golf courses since the 1930s and provide an ideal material for many situations while maintaining a natural feel in the landscape.

Many golf courses today use them either in bunkers or grassy hollows or, more often than not, to provide stepped access to elevated or steep-sided tees.

However, the advance of soft spikes and moulded sole golf shoes, away from traditional steel spikes, has led to an increase in slips on wooden steps. 

 

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Inspection Pits – Mitigate Risk and Prevent Falls with our GRP Grating and Stair Treads

Despite their ubiquitous nature, vehicle inspection pits do pose a risk to those who work both in and around them.

Whilst they are below ground level, falling into one is considered a Fall from Height and must comply with the Work at Height Regulations 2005.

According to HSE, falls from heights remain a leading cause of injuries and fatal accidents at work.

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GRP Step Overs – Stay Safe with our 3 Handy GripClad® Products

Step Over completed assembly

Whether staff need to navigate across a single pipe, a boundary wall, or a network of cables, a GRP Step Over will ensure that they stay safe while preventing the pipes, walls or cables from getting kicked, stepped on and damaged.

 
Built to suit each site, a Step Over can be made at any height, width, or length and is usually supplied ready-made.
 

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Glow in the Dark Stair Nosings

Luminous Stair Nosings
Stair nosings are a necessary safety measure helping to prevent slips, trips and falls and prolong the life of stair treads and other steps. 
 
Usually, most luminous stair nosings are yellow in the daylight. However, our luminous stair nosings are different.
 
During daylight, our stair nosings are white; when darkness comes, they become an ambient green – ideal for the visually impaired. 

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Service Riser Voids Made Safe

GripClad Riser

Service risers are a type of roof penetration and provide a route for mechanical and electrical services to pass through a concrete roof. They are commonly used in conjunction with rooftop plant decks, and they contain ducts, pipes or cable trays.  

A vertical riser is  any component that extends vertically through a building, including for example stairs and lifts, but the term is most commonly used to refer to ductwork, pipes, conduits and cables. 

Falls are the largest cause of accidental death in the construction industry and account for 50% of all fatalities according to the UK Health and Safety Executive. 

Riser voids are the openings which are left to accommodate mechanical and electrical services on multiple floors of a building and can provide real safety challenges for contractors. 

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Make Light Work of Inspection Pit Safety with our GRP Anti-Slip Grating

Despite their universal nature, inspection pits continue to pose a fall risk to those who work both in and around them.

Even though these pits are below ground level, falls into inspection pits are considered falls from height, and can cause serious injury or worse. According to the HSE, falls from height remain a leading cause of injuries and fatal accidents at work.

 

Work at Height Regulations

The Work at Height Regulations 2005 applies to all work at height where there is a risk of a fall liable to cause personal injury.

They place duties on employers, the self-employed, and any person that controls the work of others (for example facilities managers or building owners who may contract others to work at height).

Experience shows that such events usually arise due to poor management control rather than equipment failure. 

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GripClad was the right investment for Boston West Golf & Appletree Country Park

Boston West Golf and Appletree Country Park

At Boston West Golf and Appletree Country Park, they are proud to endorse GripClad and are the first, in the Away Resorts group of 27 holiday parks, to own a golf course, with more to hopefully follow in the future.

Their Head Greenkeeper, Ian Robins, recommended they use GripClad. He said:

“I have been greenkeeping for 30 years. I’ve found GripClad to be by far the best surface for steps and steep inclines on paths. Even during the hardest of frosts, GripClad has always outshone other materials that I have used. I cannot recommend it higher! Great product!”

Additionally, Phil Chantry, Assistant Head Greenkeeper, said:

“GripClad performs brilliantly in the hardest of frosts and even in light snow it still provides a good level of grip”.

Boston West Golf and Appletree Country Park understand that health and safety are paramount. In their search for affordable improvements, GripClad has proven to be the cost-effective, durable, anti-slip solution they’d been hoping for. Their Compliance Manager, Tracey Jones fed back to us about their recent experience with GripClad.

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