There are many good reasons why we recommend Armco products for cross-site safety in diverse warehouse operations in the UK. It’s a brand with a stellar reputation in its field and it has our 100% trust rating. Here’s why.

Warehouse accident prevention – protecting people, structures and machinery from harm – calls for wholehearted commitment and continuous evaluation. Including finding the best safety products to manage risks right across your site geography.

For us, Armco leads the field on this, offering tailored warehouse safety products at highly competitive prices. Why do we have such faith in this brand and recommend the range to so many of our warehouse customers?

Safety product integrity

Any review of Armco safety products for warehouse sites must mention the level of design excellence invested in creating the ideal barriers and accessories.

The dimensions and tensile properties of the sections can be optimised to cope with a wide range of collision risks – according to height and other trajectory factors.

Also, the materials used to create Armco products have a proven ability to absorb impact, limiting the damage done when vehicles make contact with crash barriers.

As our reputation rests on the safety record of our customers, we know that recommending, engineering and installing Armco barriers offers the best line of defence.

Are the best barriers for warehouse sites, the most expensive?

The cost of accident prevention measures in warehouses can be a critical factor when fitting out a new build or upgrading or refitting an existing site.

The cheapest solution is not always the best one when it comes to managing traffic and workforce safety. However, too often companies waste money on overly complex or unnecessary safety measures.

One of the reasons Armco offers the leading off-road barrier systems is that the price of supply and installation can be relatively low.

Without compromising the integrity or effectiveness of this vital warehouse safety measure.

These products also last, withstanding environmental factors and a substantial amount of ‘wear and tear’.

Armco is versatile and quick to install

The Armco range offers something to suit any off-road location. From loading bay approaches used by large wagons and busy company car parks, to the internal areas of your warehouse where forklift trucks manoeuvre.

This versatility is echoed by the way Armco barriers can be configured to meet specific site needs. For instance, you could protect commercial vehicles operating on your site by installing Armco 760HR Safety Barriers, which come ready fitted with a pedestrian handrail on one side. It separates traffic from people brilliantly.

Apart from choosing from various Armco barrier design and size options, the way they are fixed down can be bespoke to your site.

For example, Armco Wall Mounted Safety Barriers are a great way to manage the risk of vehicles clipping structures around entrances or the sides of your buildings.

Advanced accessories for warehouse safety

The safety barriers themselves are engineered to reduce and manage impact damage, but importantly, you can also specify various features that further improve traffic and pedestrian safety.

A great example of this is the Armco Fishtail Safety End. Not only does it absorb contact with vehicles on your site, but it’s also highly visible, preventing collisions from happening in the first place. You can retrofit this flexible polymer safety end on any Armco steel barrier or rail.

The range offers you ways to pay strict attention to detail when it comes to accident prevention.

Such as simple but effective high-vis protective post caps to smooth out sharp rail edges, or push-fit kits to add polymer ends to barrier lengths.

Any barrier corners can be topped off with unmissably bright Armco Safety Corners.

This ingenious range has covered all the risks, so you can cover all your safety obligations!

How to know which Armco product is ‘best fit’

The Armco range is understandably popular within warehouse operations, or for any site which needs to prevent accidents and manage vehicles operating continuously.

Reducing risks and minimising collision damage keeps people safer, but also avoids repair costs and loss of productivity.

The trick though is getting your Armco barriers, rails and accessories to match your site layout and specific safety risks.

Brandsafe provides in-depth, tailored advice as a standard feature of its Armco safety barrier supply and installation service.

Contact our team to discuss your Armco safety barrier and impact protection requirements.

As an employer, meeting Health & Safety obligations must always be your top priority. Knowing where to go for expert help and quality safety products can help enormously, which is why understanding what we do at Brandsafe is so important.

Finding a supplier of versatile and reliable safety products for your premises – inside and out – can mean sifting through a myriad of different companies.

Then, making sense of the different terminology they use for what they sell to find the right size and type of product to prevent accidents on your site.

For many companies, it is far better to save time and gain peace of mind by approaching Brandsafe for expert help.

It can also be the ideal way to keep to a tight budget while still confidently shopping for all your site-specific safety products.

Why Brandsafe?

We have invested a great deal of time in understanding the safety needs of modern businesses and industrial premises – from supermarkets to warehouse operations, and from office car parks to factory floors.

Our product research and innovation are also highly advanced. We avidly follow safety prevention trends and the latest product development, to understand the best way to protect structures, machinery and of course people.

From wheel stops and protection posts to substantial safety barriers, we have the ultimate know-how.

We don’t just sell safety products. We provide consultation and site survey and accident prevention support.

The reason we take our job so seriously is that Brandsafe doesn’t ‘just’ sell safety products. We work with customers to sell the RIGHT safety products; items that authentically and completely dovetail with their risks.

This ensures you don’t overspend on unnecessary or overcomplex items. Or, worse still, find you have inadvertently left your site exposed to preventable Health & Safety hazards.

Our reputation rests firmly on your safety record when you use us to map out and install traffic, pedestrian, and workplace accident prevention solutions.

How is Brandsafe’s assured safety product service delivered?

Brandsafe applies its unique insights and expertise to meet the risk needs of each specific customer. It starts with getting a thorough brief and doing a site survey.

We then provide a free quote for safety product supply and installation. This can even mean engineering bespoke items that keep our customers properly protected during their daily business operations.

We provide a free quote for safety product supply and installation.

The alternative for you is buying safety products ‘off-the-shelf’ and hoping that they are correct, easy to fit and serve their purpose reliably.

For many companies, such DIY safety measures are not worth the risk or the potential to spend money unnecessarily.

Also, we understand that your site could be ever-changing, which amends and alters your safety ‘hot spots’ and risk levels.

So, we always look for versatile cross-site safety solutions, that can keep pace with your business development.

What sort of safety products can we supply?

Choosing the best safety products means relying on companies with a strong track record for manufacturing durable items made from quality materials, which have been tested thoroughly.

It’s not a purchasing area were taking shortcuts and buying cheap should ever be a consideration.

Brandsafe knows the manufacturers who tick all the right boxes, at the best prices. This includes Armco, well known for its ability to create trustworthy and keenly priced warehouse safety products.

Our partnership with them provides our customers with a tangible advantage.

Safety product consultancy recommendations

Though each site has its own accident prevention needs, case studies and safety product testimonials from satisfied clients can help you to choose the best supplier.

So, who do Brandsafe work with?

Our end clients include global businesses such as Amazon, Marks & Spencer and Jaguar Land Rover. Finding scalable safety solutions for often complex and multi-faceted sites like these keeps our team fully on their toes.

However, we are equally attentive and invested when a customer has a far simpler need for safety product supply and installation.

Do you need site accident prevention support?

Whatever the size of your company or site, we can map out and recommend genuinely appropriate ways to manage a workforce, traffic and pedestrian safety measures.

Once our product recommendations are accepted, we can install, upgrade or refit safety products swiftly and efficiently to minimise disruption.

Whether you are an architect creating new business premises, a facilities, H&S or site manager improving safety measures, a contractor or a company owner/manager, we are here to help. Get in touch to discuss your site safety risks and tap into our in-depth knowledge of this crucial business field.

Common accidents in the industrial workplace and how to avoid them. One wrong move in your workplace could result in an employee being injured, and your production schedule going off course. These leading accident prevention products could greatly reduce your biggest daily risks in the workplace.

Every industrial business has an ethical and regulatory duty to consistently keep its workforce safe. If you’re thinking you’ve got this covered, there are some sobering statistics that show there is no room for complacency. Especially the fact that every year there are 1.4 million work-related accidents in Britain. In 2018/19, that figure included 147 workers who died.

That’s the crux of this vitally important topic, but accidents don’t just damage individual members of staff either. They cause a drop in productivity or even costly downtime. In fact, work-related accidents lead to 28.2 million lost working days each year and cost an estimated £15 billion!

Many incidents have the potential to cause immeasurable damage to your reputation as an employer and could imply to customers that you don’t take your responsibilities seriously.

All good reasons – if you need them – to regularly review your safety procedures, policies and equipment. It’s not just a way of staying compliant but also a vital business priority. That must include assessing common workplace risks and the accident prevention products that best match your specific layout, type of operations and hazard hot spots.

As fuel for thought, here are three top industrial accident causes, and key safety products to help you guard against them.

1. Crashes And Collisions

The HSE particularly focuses on the way industrial companies control the flow of vehicles on site and the measures used to shield operators and pedestrians from impact. Alongside falls from height, physical harm from vehicles is the leading cause of workplace deaths.

An effective and low-cost way to mitigate the risk of vehicle collisions in and around your building is to fit impact-absorbent materials around pillars and other structures. PolyWRAP Fork Impact skirts for example. They are designed and manufactured to reduce the damage done by both industrial vehicles and pallets. PolyWRAP column protectors – available in different sizes – can be quickly slotted into place, building a protective surface at whatever height works best for your operations.

2. Walking Into Objects

It’s not just forklift truck drivers crashing into hard surfaces that boosts the numbers of vehicle accidents in industry. Pedestrians in and around factories walk into their path.

Staff and visitors also have other slip, trip, chemical and electrical hazards to navigate passed as they move around your site. If you don’t take robust steps, you could contribute to a large number of workplace accidents due to people walking into danger!

Putting up permanent walls and fences can be difficult in an ever-changing industrial environment. Fortunately, you can source versatile pedestrian safety barriers made from polymer, which can be fixed quickly to the floor with a robust steel boot.

The innovative range of accident prevention barriers we sell even includes Pedestrian Sprung Return Gates and Demountable Shoe Plates. Making it an even more logical and responsive way to zone off high-risk areas. It’s the ideal way to keep employees and site visitors away from vehicles and other workplace hazards and can be adjusted to cope with changing hot zones.

3. Other Vehicle-Related Accidents

Vehicle collision and pedestrian encroachment prevention products should head up your H&S must-have list. However, there is something else you can do to reduce the chance of accidents caused by trucks and other vehicles moving around your site. Look up!

A moment of distraction, misjudgement or unfamiliarity with your layout can result in a driver crashing into a doorway, low ceiling or overhanging structure. This puts them – and anyone working nearby – in danger. That’s on top of the likelihood of serious structural damage or vehicles out for repair.

Yet the solution can be surprisingly simple. Height restriction clatter bars. The range we stock can be specified in two lengths, in a complete fix kit, for easy application to diverse structures. The galvanised chain length and wording on the polymer clatter bar can be bespoke to your site.

Saving Lives, And Companies

Over the past five years, almost 50% of fatal workplace accidents were linked to two preventable risks; falling from height and collision with a moving vehicle. Remember too, that even non-fatal accidents can result in life-changing injuries. For some of the businesses involved, a safety oversight also ended their future.

Contact us to discuss your specific safety product shopping list and the best ways to prevent accidents on your site.