Located in Ashford, our scaffolding company has a skilled team of time-served local scaffolders covering the southern Home Counties. Chertsey is just one of many surrounding areas where we can deploy our personnel. The main reason to use scaffolding hire services is to enable construction work. We create environments where builders, tradesmen and even our own scaffolding erectors can work safely at height.
A scaffold tower is a site asset but one that presents a series of potential dangers if used incorrectly. Fall risks are just the tip of the iceberg. Other concerns include falling tools and materials, and overhead power cables.
Responsibility for safe workplaces fall upon the assigned inspector from our scaffolding company and the site manager. Our local scaffolders receive the appropriate safety training and carry CISRS cards. Use us for scaffolding hire with confidence knowing we put every precaution into place to keep your tradesmen, and our own, safe when at work.
For more information on scaffolding and site safety, please contact us on our usual number of 07951 806887. You can also view our website gallery to see examples of our previous projects.
Here, we look at core elements to avoid falls and injuries on scaffolding jobs, including:
Before calling in our scaffolding erectors, see if it is possible to do the job without a tower. The safest sites in Chertsey are those that find alternatives to working at height. We advise that you carry out a risk assessment to identify dangers and eliminate them wherever possible. Our scaffolding company can help you with this. It is sometimes useful to get the opinion of a genuine industry specialist.
Should there be an alternative to scaffolding hire, or if the risks of working at height seem too severe, then we strongly advise that you do not proceed with operations.
If you end up using our local scaffolders, we will work to site risk assessment and method statements to keep your contractors safe. The scaffolding company you choose must complete a detailed safety inspection immediately after construction, and then every week until you complete the project. The inspection identifies structural weaknesses in the tower, and it ensures adequate tying and bracing.
Inspections in Chertsey could also reveal missing components from the structure that could make things safer for users, such as handrails, netting, crash decks and chutes.
Scaffolding erectors wear personal protective equipment (PPE) during construction. We advise that contractors do the same. If you are running the project, you have a duty to supply personnel with the appropriate PPE for working at height. Should you need us to, we include toolbox talks on safe system and PPE use as a part of our scaffolding hire service. After all, everybody has a duty to maintain a safer workspace.
Our company advises on the use of harnesses, hats and fall arrest equipment. Never use scaffold towers without training in their use or without the correct PPE.
One of the first things you’ll notice when you use our local scaffolders on a project in Chertsey is their housekeeping. A clear, clean and tidy working environment keeps us safe, and it keeps you and your contractors safe too. Bad housekeeping from a scaffolding company sets a bad example from the outset. Leaving tubes, couplers and other parts laying around results in a tripping hazard that could impact your own workforce.
Safe scaffolding hire is at the very heart of our business. Our scaffolding erectors are proud of our exemplary safety record and do everything possible to preserve it.
TELEPHONE: 07951 806 887 | 0208 8670049
ADDRESS: Osborne House 143-145 Stanwell Road, Ashford TW15 3QN
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