Steps to ladder safety
August 1st 2008 Six years ago Northern-based
building maintenance and
refurbishment contractor,
cityresponselimited, brought
in Peter Carter, a health and
safety consultant, to
increase awareness of the
importance of safe working
practices among its staff.
Fundamental to a business
of this type was the issue of
working at height and, to
help boost safety, Carter
opted for Ladderlog, a visual
safety tagging system that
allows for the proper
recording of ladder
inspections and gives an
inspection audit trail.
Carter says "The staff
working in the stores needed
a user-friendly system, but
above all, one where results
and records could be printed
off as hard copy – a simple
at-a-glance check, vital
when you are dealing with
as many as 60 to 80 ladders
at any one time."
Ladderlog offers a solution
to logging, identifying and
maintaining records on
ladders and can be up and
running within 5min.
The tags offer an
immediate visual inspection,
not just of the ladder's
inspection history but of its
ownership.
Incorporating inspections
into a staggered, regular six
monthly recall programme,
has minimised downtime More articles from Wardworth Ltd T/a Ladderstore.com: | 
