Play It Safe
Behavioural Management Programme
Established nearly fifty years ago, TRAD has grown to become one of the largest scaffolding groups in the UK, with a very good H&S record. As one of the foremost scaffolding groups in the UK, we constantly evaluate our work practices to strive to be always at the forefront of OH&S compliance, innovation and good practice. Our Play It Safe campaign is part of that continuing process to produce an even safer working environment for our people, our clients’ operatives and the general public.
Learning from Accidents/Near Misses
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Random d&a testing of trad employees
In June this year TRAD reviewed and revised the H&S Policy to include increased checks on its employees regarding D&A testing. From October this year, TRAD will begin random D&A ...
Read MoreReciprocating saw blade incidents
There have been two incidents recently where the cutting blades from reciprocating saws have fallen out of the cutter and landed on the ground. Luckily no one has been injured, ...
Read MoreDanger of lorry trailers tipping
There was a recent incident where an experienced advanced scaffolder unloaded the back of the trailer, and the weight of the bins of fittings caused the trailer to tip dangerously ...
Read MoreDanger of unsafe layher toeboard fixing
There was a recent accident where a Layher stoppend toeboard fell off the end of a scaffold and struck another contractor working below, breaking a bone in his hand.
Read MoreDanger of joint pins falling out of apollo beams
There was a recent incident where scaffolders were chaining Apollo beams down the outside of a scaffold when an internal joint pin slid down inside the beam and shot out ...
Read MoreDanger of fragile roof
There was a recent accident where a scaffolder failed to work to the RAMS, which details the Safe System of Work, and used scaffold boards instead of crawling boards (youngmans) ...
Read Moreslt members keeping a client’s subcontractors safe
In August, two of TRAD’S Safety Leadership Team members carrying out a Safety Tour noticed the client’s subcontractors working unsafely on the edge of a flat roof on a project ...
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