Better Safe Than Sorry With OutdoorGB.com’s Safety Equipment

OutdoorGB.com the leading outdoor clothing and equipment retailers are launching a range of work and rescue equipment to coincide with shocking safety issues uncovered by a recent Health and Safety Executive report. The HSE report found that 2.2m people work in the construction industry in the UK, making it one of the country’s biggest industries – but also one of the most dangerous. The inspectors visited over 1,700 sites in March this year and said that twenty per cent were substandard with safety. Over 250 prohibition notices were filed about work being done at height.

OutdoorGB.com is a reliable, responsible and informative place to source your work place and safety equipment needs. As stockists, OutdoorGB.com sell a range of products that offer security for potentially dangerous conditions when working at height is essential. Equipment is available for working at height, working in confined spaces, scaffolding, rescue, canyoning and water rescue.

All products are manufactured within ISO9001 quality assurance system to provide complete peace of mind and approved to the relevant European Standards (CE) and comply with the Work at Height regulations (2005). The main product areas include the Height Safety Harnesses, which are full body harnesses for general work at height, Confined Work Space harnesses, which are full body harnesses for use in confined spaces and suitable for use near vertical suspension when being lowered into a work or rescue situation with limited access.

Their new Fall arrest Devices are also a staple of the new range and are ideal for work where maximum mobility is required whist protecting a worker from falling. OutdoorGB.com are also stockists of Recovery Devices and Winches which can offer help and safety when working in potentially dangerous situations and confined spaces.

The Work at Height Safety Association recommends that Specific rescue equipment should always be present at the worksite. This equipment should be sufficient to carry out a rescue of an individual from any situation on the site. Rescue systems may be designed specifically for rescue or for evacuation and may allow only lowering, only raising or both.

Key products offered by OutdoorGB include the AB15 Fall Arrest Device, which is a standard arrest device to provide protection from falls from height. A retracting lifeline pays in and out of the device as the worker moves. In the event of a fall, a brake engages arresting the fall of the user with a controlled deceleration force. The integral carrying handle also acts at the anchor point. The ABBC Work Positioning Chair is a lightweight chair for working at height. Easy to assemble, includes pockets to store tools. The Abrah Rope Access Harness is another key product essential to provide safety.

Edward Giles from OutdoorGB said, “The equipment we have available includes basic safety equipment at work items and specialist products for situations such as working at height, mountain rescue, safety at work, safety at sea, marine rescue and rope access situations.”

Mr Giles also stressed that it is important that prior training and instruction has been given to all users of the items featured. With over 2,800 deaths over the last 25 years in the construction industry it is vital not to compromise on any aspect of safety in the work place or a rescue environment, so contact OutdoorGB.com to secure your equipment.

Editor’s Note: OutdoorGB.com is represented by online advertising consultancy, Top Position. Please direct all press queries to Tina Clough. Email: tina@topposition.co.uk or call: 01623 726 233.