| "Is the work fenced off from the public? Are roadworks barriered off and lit, and a safe alternative route provided? Are the public protected from falling material? Have you provided a Safe Route through roadworks or pavement scaffolding for people?" (HSG150, Health and Safety in Construction, Appendix 3: Protecting the Public. 2011) |
Health and Safety
Safe Route products help construction programmes meet and exceed their Health and Safety responsibilities. They protect operatives and the public from falling material and other common construction hazards. They fence work off from the public. And they provide a safe route through hazardous environments.
| 'On almost all sites there is a risk of injury from falling materials. […]Covered walkways may also be needed where the risk is particularly high' (HSG150, Health and Safety in Construction, Paragraph 531 & 555) |
Safe Route tunnels provide complete protection against this eventuality for workers and passers-by. |
| 'The most frequent causes of accidental death and injury [include] falling material and collapses: People are struck by material falling from loads being lifted and material that rolls or is kicked off work platforms. (HSG150, Health and Safety in Construction, Paragraph 10) |
This is where Safe Route provides its greatest function. It is a shield against falling objects. |
| 'All guard rails should meet the minimum legal standard contained in the Work at Height Regulations 2005, ie they should include […] a main guard rail at least 950 mm above any edge from which people are liable to fall, [and] an intermediate guard rail, barrier or suitable alternative, positioned so that the unprotected gap is no greater than 470 mm.' (HSG33, Paragraph 127) |
Safe Route tunnels can be boarded out and fitted with supplied guard rails which conform to these HSG33 guidelines. |
| 'Falls from height account for around half of all fatal accidents' on the construction site. (HSE Construction Intelligence Report 168, Analysis of Construction Injury and Ill Health Intelligence, 2010) |
When used as a working platform, Safe Route tunnels are fitted with safety guiderails, reducing the risk of falls. |
| '13.3% of injuries are caused when workers are hit with flying or falling objects, structural collapse, or contact with machinery and vehicles' (HSE Construction Intelligence Report 168, Analysis of Construction Injury and Ill Health Intelligence, 2010) |
Safe Route products protect construction operation from all of these hazards, reducing their risk of suffering injury. |
| 'Before work starts, make sure that […] areas of the site where people may be struck by […] falling materials have been barriered off'. (HSG150, Health and Safety in Construction, Paragraph 172) |
Safe Route tunnels and hoardings are barriers to falling or otherwise projected materials. |