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 | After much ummming and ahhhing Ladderstore is biting the e-bulletin bullet and launching a series of informative and hopefully beneficial e-newsletters. And before you think that this is just more spam to clog up your inbox can we assure you that that is the very last thing we want to do! |
Our intention is to keep these bulletins brief, but more importantly of real benefit to you and your company. We are planning just one a month and associated with each will be an offer, only available to those who have opted to receive the bulletin. We hope you find it useful in your work and will welcome any feedback you may have. | |
At more than two hundred years old, Hotham Park Clock Tower in Bognor Regis needed refurbishment. Set within the largest park in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, the tower – a Grade II listed building - was built by Sir Richard Hotham who founded Bognor Regis and as such it has historical and local significance.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning of the risks of working at height, after an Essex worker fell from a ladder and suffered severe injuries, including a broken neck.
First and foremost, we're going to warn you that this video is not one for the faint hearted, it goes further than any advert we have ever seen in depicting a realistic workplace accident involving ladders.
At the risk of sounding unnecessarily alarming, we would not be taking our role as a conscientious access solutions provider seriously, if we did not bring to everyone’s notice important legislation as and when it came into being. So here goes - we start with a very important Act affecting all companies and organisations.
At Ladder News we come across all manner of interesting tales, pictures and videos. Some of the pictures readers and colleagues have sent in from their travels beggar belief so we have set up a photo gallery for you to peruse.
About six years ago Northern based building maintenance and refurbishment contractors, cityresponselimited brought in a Health & Safety Consultant to increase awareness of the importance of safe working practices among its staff. As a relatively new force in the business, Managing Director Billy Park, knew that developing a professional safety programme was the only sensible was of keeping abreast of legislation. Enter Peter Carter.
It might seem obvious but there is a basic level of skill and knowledge that an HSE or Local Authority Inspector would expect people in your workplace to have if they used a ladder in their day to day work. Meet this level of training and not only can you rest assured that you have fulfilled your obligation to the welfare and safety of your staff, but in doing so you might even save a live – no mean achievement.
We came across these home shopping channel 'bloopers' in which the unflappable salesman makes a hilarious hash of demonstrating the ladders he is trying to sell. Unmissable if you haven't seen them before...