Should you have a walkway on your roof?
Ensuring the safety of those who work at height on buildings should be a priority for both site managers and designers. Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, foreseeable …
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What are your health and safety responsibilities?
Work at height is one of the most dangerous types of work to carry out. The most recent HSE statistics shows that 40 workers suffered a fatal injury as a result of …
The Scaffolding Association – Helping to maintain high standards of training and competence across the industry.
The Scaffolding Association (SA) is the UK’s largest independent not-for-profit trade organisation representing scaffolding and access contractors and manufacturers. Membership numbers are growing fast with over 400 companies from a …
Overcoming the risks of roof obstacles
Despite the introduction of stricter, more organised design regulations over the past few decades, modern roofs remain a hotbed of hazards and obstacles. With everything from cable beds to fragile …
Protecting against the dangers of fragile industrial roofs
Fragile roofs pose a serious risk to both life and limb throughout the UK, with nine people falling to their deaths each year. Common on older or industrial buildings such …
The problem with scaffolding in bad weather
With summer ending and the autumn weather already rearing its ugly head, contractors and tradesmen who work at height are once again facing the unpleasant reality of British weather. When …
Playing Safely with Wolves
Safesite Ltd – Comprehensive Bespoke Rooftop Safety Solutions We have recently provided Wolverhampton Wanderers FC with a bespoke rooftop safety solution to allow the Club to video training sessions safely …
The challenge of accessing sloped roofs safely
Sloping and pitched roofs are a common sight on buildings across Scotland. Often found on social housing or commercial buildings, sloped roofs offer many benefits over other types of design, …
Are you meeting your roof safety responsibilities?
When you have a safety system installed on your roof, or on the roof of a building you manage, you might feel you’ve done your bit for health and safety. …
The dangers of accessing plant and equipment on roofs
Roofs are a common place for plant and equipment such as air conditioning and vents to be installed. Though locating them on the top of your building might be a …
How to work safely around valley gutters
Valley gutters are a common sight on many older, industrial roofs in Scotland. A valley gutter is formed when two sloping roofs meet at opposite angles and form a ‘V’ …
Frequently asked questions about personal fall protection
Personal fall protection is a type of protection which is entirely reliant on the user, available in either ‘fall arrest’ or ‘fall restraint’ form. Examples include lifeline systems and anchors. …
New Rooftop Walkway with Guardrail
We have expanded our range of safe rooftop access solutions with the introduction of Kee Walk with Guardrail. Kee Walk with Guardrail is a cost effective approach to guardrail protection. …
Do you know how to recognise competency?
‘Competency’ is a word that comes up often in discussions about work at height and construction in general. But what does it mean for you? If you are the manager …
Safesite achieves ISO Accreditation
We’re delighted to announce that Safesite has been awarded ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 and 45001:2015 certifications. These accreditations demonstrate our commitment to the environment and to providing a high quality and …
The dangers of wrongly installed eyebolts
On buildings where access is regularly required using a harness, installing eyebolts such as the Kee i-Bolt range to attach a harness line to is worth considering to make work …
Ensure your systems are safe for 2019
With a new year well and truly in full swing, most people are overwhelmed with everything they need to sort for 2019. It’s tempting to put some things on the …
The benefits of colour coated handrails
At Roof Edge, we regularly talk about the benefits of our Equality Act (DDA) compliant Kee Access fittings, which provide access for all across the UK in all manner of …
Frequently asked questions about guardrail
Where possible, the work at height hierarchy of controls states that a collective fall protection system, such as guardrail, is preferable to a personal fall protection system such as a …
Kee Walk Rooftop Walkway Protection
Anti-slip Rootop Walkway Kee Walk® is suitable for use on flat, barrel and sloping roofs. The system’s step and traverse options allow access to be created for virtually any roof …
Kee Access – DDA Compliant Handrails
Access for all The Kee Access ® range has been developed in order to fulfil the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 (previously DDA) and the Building Regulations Part M. The range has been designed …
New Full Height Gates to Protect Access to Roofs from Ladders
Our Kee Gate portfolio of self-closing safety gates has been expanded by the addition of full height safety gates. Available in either galvanised or powder coated options, the full height …
Roof Safety Solution for Roehampton Leisure Centre
We have provided Roehampton Sports and Fitness Centre with a collective roof edge protection system that ensures optimum roof top safety for maintenance and inspection teams. Roehampton Sports and Fitness …
KeeLine fall protection at 90 Hills Road
Continual Handsfree Protection KeeLine horizontal life line and Mobile Man Anchor systems at the newly refurbished 90 Hills Road, Cambridge allow safe access to the roof areas for general maintenance purposes. Situated in …
The importance of head protection
Head protection is required across every aspect of construction, especially in places where there is a risk of being injured by falling objects, collapsing structures, protruding extensions, or when working …
Edge protection for solar panel maintenance
Portable, Non-Counterweighted Edge Protection Safesite has installed KeeGuard® Premium at Hall & Woodhouse’s contemporary pub & restaurant in Portishead to allow safe maintenance of solar panels and plant installed on the roof. Hall & Woodhouse …
Working in fall arrest: what you need to know
Fall arrest is the term used when working at height with a system which doesn’t prevent you from accessing a fall risk, unlike fall restraint. Instead of preventing you from …
Edge protection and anti-slip surface at Portsmouth Harbour
Edge Protection for Metal Profile Roofs We recently installed KeeGuard® Topfix edge protection and Kee Walk® walkway for Wightlink Ferries on their refuelling tanks moored in Portsmouth Harbour to allow safe access to the …
Don’t choose between budget and keeping workers safe
It’s a common conundrum for every site manager and contractor. How can you keep to your budget without putting workers’ lives at risk? At Safesite, we want to make safe, …
A first class installation of radiused KeeGuard
Discreet Edge Protection Safe roof access has been ensured at Warwick Business School following the installation of several KeeGuard edge protection systems. Part of the University of Warwick, Warwick Business School …
Safe access from ladders: the Safesite solution
For many years, chains, bars and sliding link tubes have been used to provide safe access to the roof from ladders and roof hatches. These might be a simple safety …
Do you need a roof walkway?
By Jason Godfrey, Safesite General Manager Ensuring the safety of workers at height should be the priority for anyone with site management responsibilities, as well as designers. The Construction (Design …
Competence and organisation when working at height
By Jason Godfrey, General Manager of Safesite A Crown Court case which saw three companies fined a total of £400,000 for a worker’s fall through a fragile roof has highlighted …
Guardrail Installation Horrors
Article by Terry Creed, Technical Sales Consultant, Safesite Ltd We’ve written in the past about the importance of competency, especially when it comes to fall protection equipment. I spend a …
Importance of Fall Protection Inspection
By Steve Kilpin, Recertification Manager, Safesite Ltd A recent conversation with one of our customers made me realise that many end users are still unaware of their duties once a …
Unobtrusive edge protection takes off at Virgin Atlantic
Safesite has provided Virgin Atlantic with a collective roof edge protection system that ensures optimum roof top safety for maintenance and inspection teams and complies with all relevant health and …
Why do I need my guardrail inspecting?
By Steve Kilpin, Recertification Manager, Safesite Limited When speaking to customers about the need to have their fall protection systems inspected annually, most understand why fall arrest systems such as …
Safesite helps to protect the nations favourite squash brand
Safesite Ltd has installed KeeWalk®, KeeGuard®Topfix and KeeLine® systems and a number of CAT access ladders for Britvic Soft Drinks to ensure safe roof access at all times at its …
Safesite helps the Isle of White ferries to run smoothly
Safesite Ltd has installed KeeGuard® Topfix and Kee Walk® for Wightlink Ferries on their refuelling tanks moored in Portsmouth Harbour to allow safe access to the sounding caps and level …