Have you noticed that Biglorryblog topics are a bit like buses? No sooner does Biglorryblog get involved in a fall restraint test with Commercial Motor...that's me up above...than I get a press release from Milton Keynes based Zarges (UK) www.zargesuk.co.uk telling me all about its range of vehicle access steps and platforms designed to prevent drivers and other workers falling off a truck. And here's one I made up earlier...
According to figures published by the HSE 60 people working in haulage and distribution were killed last year and another 23,000 suffered injury severe enough to keep them off work for three or more days. The HSE says the deaths were caused by four kinds of accident - most often during loading, unloading and maintenance work. These include falls from vehicles with most causing injury being from a height of only two metres or less. Falls in the road haulage industry caused 299 major injuries in the 2006/07 work year, including one fatality. Over two thirds of these falls were from vehicles.
Fortunately, if you have been looking for some form of portable staging then Zarges (UK) has got a range of platforms and ladders specifically designed to address problems associated with vehicle maintenance, loading and unloading. The Zarges mobile trailer platform for loading and unloading flat bed lorries provides a means of accessing the back of a trailer. It's available either as a single platform or as a pair, which can surround the trailer to provide level access. Now click through here for more....
The platform is completely mobile and features locking castors and stabilisers. There are 45 degree angled steps at one end of each platform that allow the driver to safely descend from the platform while facing forward.
Zarges also produces tanker ladders for the food processing, chemical and petrochemical industries. Its modular system consists of a two-section push-up ladder with a maximum load capacity of 150 kilograms. The height of the ladder can be adjusted by means of a rope winch mounted on its side. Safety is enhanced by use of a side support section featuring double-sided hand rails complemented by a choice of railings, platforms and chassis which are designed to suit an individual customer's specific requirements.
Zarges (UK) marketing manager Russell Stuart tells me: "Safety is important and these modular systems are ideal for maintenance applications in the road haulage industry. The Zarges tanker ladder is designed for fuelling, maintenance, repairs using modules combining ladder, railings, chassis and platform modules or we can offer special individually adapted solutions. Because the system is based on standard modules we are able to offer a flexible, comprehensive and cost-effective solution to specific individual requirements that will not compromise safety."
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