Stepmobile helps with access to Kew Gardens herbaria collection

TB Davies was proud to supply a quantity of its Stepmobiles to the Herbarium at the Roayal Botanic Gardens at Kew this spring. Within the Herbarium there are currently over 7,000,000 specimens, representing nearly 98% of all of the genera in the world which are housed in four wings. The curators needed to ensure that each step was easily identifiable and remained in its designated area.

As the steps are supplied in a variety of colours as standard this was easy to achieve by ordering the steps in Yellow, Blue, Red and Green. The steps were purchased as part of a larger program to upgrade the facilities and in particular provide long term safe access to the largest collection of historical plant specimens from all regions of the world.

Read more

Little Giant launches nine new products at Las Vegas Hardware Show

TB Davies long standing US partner Little Giant Ladder Systems launched nine new products at the Las Vegas Hardware show last month. The stand was literally brimming with new ideas and innovations designed with making the user safer and more productive with his ladder.

Among the nine new ladders was the brand new BigTrex™, showing many new patented technologies created to improve an already amazing tool. From its extra wide treads to its new X shaped hinges, this ladder has it all. It comes with a built in AirDeck™, a tray that can be used for a variety of tasks. It is magnetic, to hold small parts such as nails and screws. It also can hold varying sizes of paints as well as other tools.

Read more

Students at Oxford University have been banned from reading books on the top shelves

After developing an industry leading insulated access range, TB Davies is about to introduce a new High Performance All Glass Fibre step, designed to be used in extremely demanding environments, targeting both the electrical and chemical industries.

The removal of the step-ladders means that staff cannot reach works which are high on the shelves of Duke Humfrey's library, the oldest reading room in the building.

Read more

Ladders - A brief guide: How to choose them and how to use them

The purpose we use ladders is a simple one so you think that using something so straightforward to use would be quite simple as well. Some people claim the ladder was invented before the wheel so after thousands of years of trying how is it that up and down the country many people still misuse and misunderstand adders on a daily basis.

On average 13 people a year dies at work falling from ladders and nearly 1200 suffer major injuries, with more than a quarter of all falls from height being from ladders. These tragedies can easily be avoided. The answer lies in learning how to choose the right ladder, not using one that's damaged, knowing how to properly set one up and working safely while you are elevated up above terra firma.

Read more

Summer savings on towers

Industrial Towers, Mini Fold and the Klik Fold. These amazing products from TB Davies have always been great value for our customers, but never more so than in 2009. This year, a battered economy and an uncertainty about the future have collided to make investment in plant a careful consideration. This why for a limited period we are offering an incentive of an extra 10% off our prices for these products to make them outstanding value for money.

"There has never been a better time to invest in your access kit at these prices." says Bob Baldock, General Manager at TB Davies. "These products are made from industrial 50mm tube with a rugged construction that will last for years in daily use" he added.

Read more

HSE warns employers to safeguard employees working at height

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning employers to ensure they take proper precautions to prevent employees from falling from height.

This warning follows HSE's prosecution of a Coventry company after an employee dislocated two fingers, fractured his left wrist and injured his eye socket after falling from a 3.5m high roof. HSE brought charges against the company under Regulation 4 and Regulation 6(3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 following its investigation into the incident on 2 December 2008 at a unit in Bilton Industrial Estate, Coventry.

Read more