Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 in Blog
Safe Working Height: Guidelines for UK Workplaces In the UK, working at height is one of the leading causes of workplace injuries and fatalities. Understanding what height is considered as “working at height” is crucial for employers and employees...
Saturday, June 1st, 2024 in Blog
Understanding Working at Height In the realm of occupational health and safety, working at height remains one of the most significant risk factors for workplace accidents in the UK. Understanding what constitutes working at height is essential for implementing...
Friday, May 3rd, 2024 in Blog
Understanding the Different Types of Confined Spaces Navigating the complexities of workplace safety in the UK demands a thorough understanding of various environments, especially confined spaces. These areas, by their very nature, pose unique challenges and hazards. Recognising and...
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 in Blog
Are confined spaces dangerous? Confined spaces sound risky, don’t they?! People have a perception of the term “confined space”, probably from books, and movies, disaster films and fears that we can all create. Well actually, “confined space” – it...
Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 in Blog
Within numerous industries, employees often face the challenging task of working in confined spaces and confined space risks. From underground tunnels and storage tanks to crawl spaces and manholes, these tight and restricted environments can present serious risks to...
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 in Blog
Confined spaces can be dangerous and require special safety precautions. It is important to understand what 3 things make a confined space so that you can take the necessary steps to ensure the safety of those who are working...
Thursday, February 17th, 2022 in Blog
What is a steep slope? It seems a simple question – “What is a steep slope”. However it’s massively open to opinion – what actually is a steep slope! Is it for leisure or work? SO here’s our opinion...
Monday, March 22nd, 2021 in Blog
Confined Spaces – Enclosed or Restricted access … What is it? What the hell is fully enclosed, partially enclosed or restricted access – and what’s the difference anyway!? Does it even matter? In the eyes of the Confined Space...
Saturday, February 6th, 2021 in Blog
Working at height without a safety harness can’t be done right? Well – it depends… If the type of work your team are doing can avoid “working at height”, then YES!YES – you are able to work at height...
Thursday, November 26th, 2020 in Blog
This is a review for the RidgeGear RGH16 – Safety Harness, or we should say the RidgeGear RGH16 – “Multi Task Comfort Safety Harness”. They very kindly gave us their new RGH16 harness to trial and asked for our...