TB Davies was proud to supply a quantity of its Stepmobiles to the Herbarium at the Royal 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 … [Read more...] about Stepmobiles Help Kew’s Gardeners
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Scaffold Towers Ready for Summer Work
Industrial Scaffold Towers and CenterFold. 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 … [Read more...] about Scaffold Towers Ready for Summer Work
Oxford University Students Banned from Top Shelf
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.Students said that they were being denied access to books, some of which have been on the shelf for 400 years, which could prove valuable to their research.Kelsey Williams, 21, an art history student, was … [Read more...] about Oxford University Students Banned from Top Shelf
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 … [Read more...] about HSE Warns Employers To Safeguard Employees Working At Height
A Brief Guide: How To Choose & Use Ladders
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 36 people a year die at work … [Read more...] about A Brief Guide: How To Choose & Use Ladders
