PRODUCTS & SERVICES
ALGEOS HELPS UK’S WORKFORCE
GET A GRIP Algeos, the distributor of Yaktrax (pictured) and Spikys, has signed a series of new contracts as organisations ensure their workforces are properly equipped for bad weather.
Through corporate wear supplier, Demensions Clothing, Algeos has partnered with Scot Rail and heavy building materials supplier, Hanson UK, along with a number of courier and logistics companies.
NHS Trusts, utility companies and police forces are also among those to have stockpiled specialist shoe traction devices in readiness for icy weather.
Max Sheridan, Sales Director at Algeos, said: “Employers have a duty of care to protect their employees from slips and falls in the course of carrying out their duties. This duty of care covers the place of work itself, external areas across which employees must travel to get to and from work, and protecting workers who need to walk on icy pavements in order to carry out their duties.”
“Certain workers are naturally more at risk than others and include postal
RACK TO
THE FUTURE After a thorough design process, A-SAFE has launched the latest product in its safety barrier range, the iFlex RackGuard.
Compression hinges ensure iFlex RackGuards securely grip rack legs and maintain a constant state of compression. A centralizing rubber lug fits the product centrally to any size of rack leg and ten friction grip points offer enhanced overall grip to any rack leg.
Specially-designed front impact absorption transfers energy around the rack leg protection rather than through the actual racking and side impact absorption dissipates forces
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and courier workers, utilities staff, the emergency services, midwives and care workers,” he added. “The biggest problem in the UK is not the snow, but black ice which can make some employees particularly vulnerable because they are often out and about before the sun comes up.”
Other organisations to use Algeos’ products include BT, Scottish Power and Merseyside Police.
Yaktrax – named after the Tibetan yak – are lightweight ice grips worn over regular shoes and boots to give the same grip you would expect on dry surfaces. Yaktrax’s horizontal and vertical coils place hundreds of biting edges in direct contact with the ice beneath a person’s feet.
Spikys are rubber straps that fit over shoes or boots and are manufactured from 76% natural rubber and 24% high-grade synthetic rubber, enabling them to stretch to 6.5 times their original length.
Algeos is the global distribution arm of ALG International Holdings, which has its head office in Liverpool. ALG now distributes its medical and footwear products to more than 70 countries through its offices in the UK, Australia, United States and United Arab Emirates.
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through the patented iFlex material, called Memaplex, before reforming to its original shape.
A spokesperson for A-SAFE said: “The iFlex RackGuard is built to A-SAFE’s high standards in areas such as installation efficiency, high visibility, a vastly reduced need for replacement products, no corrosion, flaking or toxicity and next to no manpower maintenance cost. It is a world-leading product offering a world-class return in investment, as well as an above- and-beyond adherence to modern health and safety standards.”
The new product has been rigorously FEA-tested and TÜV-approved and certified, with tests showing zero deflection on the racking after five impacts of 400 Newtons.
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