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How does safety decking protect workers?

Safety decking plays a crucial role in protecting construction workers by providing a secure working platform at elevated heights. Here’s how safety decking safeguards workers:

Preventing Falls: Safety decking creates a stable and level surface for workers to stand or walk on while performing tasks at heights. This minimizes the risk of falls, which is one of the most significant hazards in construction.

Fall Arrest: In the event of an accidental slip or trip, safety decking is often designed to act as a fall arrest system. It can stop a worker from falling to a lower level, reducing the severity of injuries or preventing them altogether.

Protection from Falling Objects: Safety decking also acts as a barrier to prevent tools, materials, or debris from falling to lower levels. This protects not only workers on the platform but also those working below, reducing the risk of head injuries and other accidents caused by falling objects.

Enhancing Stability: Safety decking is engineered to support the weight of construction workers, equipment, and materials. This stability ensures that workers can carry out their tasks without worrying about the platform collapsing or shifting.

Increased Confidence: Knowing they are working on a secure surface, workers can concentrate on their tasks with greater confidence and peace of mind, reducing stress and distraction that can lead to accidents.

Why is safety decking important in construction?

Safety decking is beneficial in a construction project for a multitude of reasons. Its primary function is to safeguard the well-being of construction workers, mitigating the risks associated with working at heights. Here are several key reasons why safety decking is beneficial:

  • First and foremost, safety decking provides a secure platform for workers to perform tasks at elevated levels. This reduces the likelihood of accidents, such as falls from heights, which can result in severe injuries or fatalities. By creating a stable working surface, safety decking minimizes these risks, ensuring that workers can focus on their tasks with confidence.
  • Furthermore, safety decking enhances overall productivity on construction sites. With a reliable and safe platform in place, workers can efficiently carry out their duties, saving time and resources. This translates into cost savings for construction projects and helps meet deadlines more effectively.
  • In addition to protecting workers and improving efficiency, safety decking also minimizes damage to the building being constructed. It acts as a buffer, preventing tools, materials, or debris from falling to lower levels, thereby reducing the potential for structural damage and ensuring the quality of the final product.

What training will be supplied for the Safe Deck system?

As an accredited FAEST training centre, G&M Safe Deck offer training courses for both platform decking installers and managers.

The FASET Platform Decking Installer course is designed for operatives, however, it is also suitable for anyone who wishes to learn how to install platform decking safely and in a compliant manner. This course covers planning, installation, and the practical issues for the correct use of platform decking on site.

The FASET Platform Decking Managers course is designed for the site manager. It will help platform decking managers to better understand the limitations of individual systems, enabling them to inspect platform decking systems correctly and manage their use on site.

For more information about our FASET Platform Decking courses for the G&M Safe Deck system, click here <Link to: https://gmsafedeck.com/faset-installers-training/>

Can G&M Safe Deck be manufactured in different colours?

Yes, we can manufacture the Safe Deck panel components in any colour to meet your requirements. We can also brand the panels with your company logo and contact details for buying customers, enabling you to promote your company whilst on site. Simply discuss your colour and branding requirements with a member of our sales team.

Can Safe Deck be freestanding?

Yes, the G&M Safe Deck system can be set-up as freestanding. It is the only plastic freestanding decking system available in the UK.
In one easy application, involving a simple component that can be quickly and easily pinned to either end of a leg tube, G&M Safe Deck can be made freestanding, meaning that there is no need for the supporting structure to contain the deck.

What is the life span of G&M Safe Deck?

The G&M Safe Deck System has a proven life expectancy of at least 10 years. This has been proven by testing panels taken from our contracting stock that are 10 years old. The testing was successful and the old panels performed as well as a new one would. G&M Safe Deck is by far the most rigorously tested plastic system available on the market anywhere in the world.

Can safety deck be loaded?

G&M Safe Deck has undergone rigorous testing by Lucideon (formerly CERAM – a UKAS accredited testing (0013) and calibration. (0420) UK laboratory) and can be loaded to 2.0kN/m2.

The safety decking panel has been successfully tested for:

  • Uniformly distributed load (UDL) to serviceability load
  • Soft body impact tests in accordance with ACR(M)001:2000 Test for Fragility of Roofing Assemblies
  • Point loads over several test positions through a 100mm x 100mm spreader plate

For more information on G&M Safe Deck’s load testing methodology and data, download our product information sheet here <Link. To G&M Safe Deck – Product Range Testing Data & Information. PDF>.

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