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Ladders have been helping us reach new heights for over [1]10,000 years. On average, ladders cause [3]515 injuries per year, with many of these incidents involving over-reaching, losing balance, equipment misuse or failure, or failure of a surface. Real-life stories bring the dangers into sharp focus. Take, for example, the case of a window cleaner who fell 2.3 meters due to an unsecured ladder, resulting in multiple broken ribs, fingers, and a fractured arm whilst on the job. While this worker was fortunate to escape with his life, not everyone is so lucky. Tragically, a maintenance fitter lost his life in a similar scenario. He slipped on the second rung of a ladder, his feet slipping through, causing him to fall backward. The impact on the floor resulted in a fatal head injury.

This heavy-duty scaffold sheeting is manufactured using a strong reinforced multifilament polyester grid, laminated on both sides with a waterproof fire-retardant LDPE. LPS1215 stands for Loss Prevention Standard, and sheeting with this certification has passed several tests to ensure and confirm its fire-retardant capabilities.

Scaffold Sheeting is designed for two other major factors: weather protection and debris containment.

here is more to scaffolding than most realise, with scaffolders being much more than simply “muscle men.” We aim to celebrate the multiple skills and talents that make this industry what it is today: the backbone of our infrastructure. 

So, let’s make 14th January your day, a day in which we show appreciation to all scaffolders.