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What's the difference?
A video released by Kee Safety covers the many differences between welded railing and pipe railing that is constructed with pipe railing fittings. Please watch the video to learn about these critical differences.
These photos come from a KeeGuard rooftop railing install from one of our recent customers. We were pleased to hear them comment on how easy it is to install the system. This comment focuses on one of the core strengths of the KeeGuard rooftop railing system: ease of installation.
This system was put into place as a part of a complete fall protection plan. This railings primary purpose is to protect people entering exiting the roof hatch in the picutre.
Installation of KeeGuard rooftop railing is "super easy" for a couple of reasons:
Uprights Arrive Preassembled - while they are not attached to the counter-balances to preserve shipping space, the drop in fittings are already properly spaced saving precious time during installation.
Kee Klamp Fittings - the KeeGuard roof railing used Kee Klamp fittings. These fittings are tightened though the use of an allen key making installation move quickly and easily.
Engineered for Efficiency - because each KeeGuard system is engineered by our sales team, we use a minimum amount of materials to save cost and installation time.
Installation Video
Watch this quick overview of KeeGuard installation. This will show you how quickly and easily the KeeGuard Rooftop Railing system is to install.
Workplace safety should never be taken lightly with any business. Doesn’t matter if you’re 1,000 employees strong or 10. Any businesses regardless of size must account for safety regulations, steps and more detailed options for their staff from the get-go. Preventative measures against accidents and/or workplace-related deaths are key for fostering a healthy, safe work environment.
There are some companies out there who may not be fully versed in workplace safety regulations or might not be equipped in every area of the office to handle any unforeseen circumstances.
For instance, let’s say you’re a towing and shipping company and most of your workforce is tied up in manual labor sectors where lifting, packing and stacking heavy shipments will occur more frequently. Or at the opposite spectrum, you’re an accounting firm where there’s hardly any lifting or physically demanding going on.
Both examples still must heed similar safety rules, have a system in place to readily inform each and every employee on preventative tips and regulations, and strive to accomplish what your business wants most: everyday safety. From OSHA compliance to inspections, there’s a whole laundry list of tips on workplace safety that businesses can take with them. Some are simple, while others are a bit more complex in nature, but at the end of the day, they all can contribute to a safer haven for your staff.
1. Proper Uniforms: This is a critical base for businesses such as construction, home improvement, the aforementioned packing and shipping corporations on down to firefighters and other areas that require overly-protective headgear and uniforms. Construction workers must be wearing hard hats at all times in specified zones of the job site. Firefighters must have the latest fire-retardant outfits to go along with sturdy helmets. Chemists must always be wearing safety goggles every second they are inside the laboratory.
Putting up signs to reinforce the matter and educating the supervisors to stay on top of uniform regulations should be active from the moment the first employee clocks in to the last.
2. Designate Proper Emergency Exits: There’s a reason we did three or four fire drill exercises as a kid each year in school. As annoying and (forgive the pun) alarming as they could be, it helped everyone in the building familiarize themselves with the exits. This same exercise should apply for every business. Not that every employee go in a single-file order and move at the sound of an alarm, just that they are aware and have some document that outlines emergency procedures.
This document should map out every exit doorway, ensure you have emergency exit signs posted in their assigned posts, detail up-to-date smoke detectors, signify water spouts to quench possible fires and assure you and your staff that each building code is covered front-to-back.
3. Open Discussions: Setting aside time at the end of the day once a month to discuss safety rules and general working environment is a great way for managers and supervisors to assess the overall quality of current measures taken. Getting feedback from employees is helpful because it opens the manager’s eyes to potential hazards that went unnoticed, how well certain areas are doing and little touch-ups here and there that go a long way towards keeping employees safe and happy in the office.
While this may not be a safety regulation, per say, it’s an outside factor that many businesses would do well to follow.
4. Promote Health Codes: You know those signs you see when entering a restaurant bathroom next to the sink that inform you that all employees must wash their hands before exiting? Having little indicators like those in the wash room, in the kitchen and general areas of heavy foot traffic is important on many fronts. The most important being health code standards, educating cleanliness, and encouraging employees to take every step necessary to make the room healthy for the next individual.
5. Proofing The Building: This falls in the category of getting the building inspected from time to time on down to subtle improvements around the building, stairways and exterior pathways. Little safety measures like adding ribbed, rubber padding along the ends of stairway steps, deicing the walkways leading up to the office, mats to stamp out slippery footing and other helpful precautions can give your employees as much peace of mind to know their well-being is being accounted for as much as possible.
In the end, these tips can help businesses from all over achieve a healthy balance between workplace security and overall productivity. Whether that means taking a few more minutes to encourage safety practices in an HR training class or spending a few more dollars on office-proofing (your insurance company might thank you with that one), it signifies you’re looking out for the protective interests of you and your staff.
One of our customers had a unique situation on the roof they were working on. The roof had an existing fall protection railing, but it was old, rusted and probably no longer OSHA compliant (see this post about inspecting guardrail). Instead of tearing out the old system completely they decided to refurbish the railing by painting the existing uprights and adding new corrosion resistant aluminum rails to the fall protection railing with Kee Lite aluminum pipe railing fittings.
This option was the best option for this company because the railing was already penetrating the roof membrane. Taking out the existing roof railing would have meant a lot of additional roof patching (can you say expensive).
The situation that this company found themselves in is one of the primary reasons why we recommend KeeGuard non-penetrating rooftop guardrail for rooftop fall protection. The KeeGuard system uses weight and counterbalances, and does not penetrate the roof membrane. The KeeGuard system is also galvanized to prevent corrosion.
Whatever situation you find on your rooftop, we can help you protect the people who work there. Please contact us and we'll be happy to talk with you about your fall protection needs.
Some of the Protecta brand double leg lanayards are being recalled due to a problem with the snap hook mechanism. The recall applies to lanyards that were manufactured between July 2010 and October 31, 2011. The manufacture date is marked on the product label of each lanyard. The official documents for the recall can be found below.
Replacement Table
Here is a short list of the items that are being recalled. If you need a quick replacement of the lanyard we have listed the Guardian equivelant of the Protecta brand. These may be purchase through our web site. If you are returning your Protecta lanyard, please reference the recall documents below.
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