Arco helps businesses enhance workplace safety with line marking solutions
Following the recent spell of bad weather the UK has endured with the ‘Beast from the East’ and Storm Emma, Arco, the UK’s leading safety expert, is calling out to businesses to ensure their sites are still adhering to workplace safety regulations and taking the necessary steps to reduce onsite accidents, especially those involving transport.
Cold weather can have detrimental effects on road markings, making warehouses, carparks and loading bays extremely hazardous. To assist businesses looking to reinstate both internal and external road lines, however, Arco is offering a complete line marking solution.
The Health and Safety Executive reports over 5,000 accidents involving transport in UK workplaces every year, with around 50 of these incidents being fatalities.[1] It is also reported that forklifts are involved in about quarter of all workplace accidents.[2] Anyone working in the vicinity of these vehicles, or anyone using forklift trucks, could be at risk of injury.
To prevent such accidents, line marking is critical and Arco has a range of products including specialist paints, marking tape and stencil sets, enabling this is to be done quickly and efficiently, resulting in optimum safety for everybody on site.
When line marking the working environment, careful consideration should be given to where this is placed, as well as the surface preparation and paint type used. Questions companies should ask themselves when implementing this system, include:
- Volume of traffic in the area?
- Will it be wet or slippery?
- Are chemical spillages likely?
- What is the surface material?
- Is interior or exterior marking required?
Well-laid line markings on well-prepared floors should last a number of years and implementing a clear line marking system, using Arco’s quality products, will improve safety in the workplace and reduce preventable accidents.
For more information about Arco’s line marking solutions, please visit www.arco.co.uk/linemarking
[1] www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg136.pdf
[2] www.hse.gov.uk/workplacetransport/lift-trucks/managing-lift-trucks.htm
About Arco
Arco is the UK’s leading safety company and has a core purpose of keeping people safe at work. Through its dedicated in house experts, Arco helps to shape the safety world in order to ensure UK workers go home safe every night. It distributes a world-class range of over 170,000 quality assured, branded and own brand products, including personal protective equipment, workwear, safety footwear, gloves, workplace safety and hygiene products. It also provides professional services encompassing training, consultancy and site services.
Headquartered in Hull, Arco reaches its customers through its extensive product catalogue, interactive website and 47 strong retail store network. The company has sales of over £287m and employs approximately 1600 people nationwide.
Arco is committed to providing safety equipment that is genuine and compliant with relevant standards and regulations. To do this, it has a five step product assurance process and is the only safety distributor with an independently accredited testing laboratory. Additionally, it is a member of the BSIF Registered Safety Suppliers Scheme.
Founded in 1884 and with a heritage spanning four generations, Arco demonstrates traditional family values and is dedicated to its Corporate Social Responsibility policy. It continually demonstrates its support of local business communities and charitable organisations, donating in excess of 1% of pre tax profits annually. In 2007, Arco became a member of the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) incorporating their internationally recognised code of labour practice into its own ethical policy and in 2010 became a member of Sedex, the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange. To ensure ethical standards are continuously met throughout its supply chain, Arco carries out regular audits amongst all suppliers and, working with the ETI and other regulatory bodies, the company plays a leading role in helping to eliminate modern day slavery across the globe. For more information, visit www.arco.co.uk.
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