Height Safety Engineers designed and installed a custom safe access and fall protection system for use in a geochemical laboratory.
HSE was contacted by a geochemical laboratory about having an access system and guardrails designed to fit their under-construction “dust box”.
The dust box, in so far as we can gather not being geochemists, works somewhat along lines of a dust-extraction or fume cabinet. It captures any particulates created during work and evacuates it away from the work area into a containment vessel. This minimises the risks to workers of inhaling dangerous or toxic particulate matter.
To assist our design team in making sure the system would be suited to their needs, the client provided not only a measured sketch of the box’s work area, but also a rendering of what the box would look like once it was finished.
Our team went to work, using the details provided to have the system designed and a proposal turned around for the client.
Once the client had approved our proposal, the job was handed off to our operations team to complete the installation.
The final system comprised of a 5.8-metre tall Kattsafe KATT2 ladder, incorporating a ladder line, landing platforms at the top and bottom as well as a self-closing gate at the top.
Around the edge of the upper platform on top of the dust box our team installed 27.5 metres of guardrail, along with two additional self-closing gates.
The gates allow materials to be placed and removed from the platform using an EWP or forklift if needed.
Once the installation was complete, workers at the laboratory had safe access to the dust box platform. They are also able to safely move round the work area protected from the risk of a fall by the installed guardrail.
The professionalism shown by the Height Safety Engineers team and the quality of the installed system has resulted in the client seeking to retain HSE to install a similar access and fall protection system on a second dust box at their laboratory complex.
(NB: Unfortunately, the photos available for this project were taken before the toe-board was installed around the base of the guardrail.)
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