TESTIMONY OF A CLIENT: FALL PREVENTION SYSTEM FOR THIS ALUMINIUM GIANT IN QUEBEC

Following a comprehensive prevention plan, our client and its managers strive to limit the potential risks of falls in all risk sectors. This is why they called on us to offer them the best possible solution, following the risk study that our experts carried out. Our client agreed to give us his testimony on the problem he encountered:

What was the Health and Safety problem you had?

We have fan maintenance work on our roofs and several of these are located less than 2 meters from the edge of the roof, which is therefore unusual, which means that we must attach ourselves by various individual means of protection (harness, limitation cable, strap, etc.). Certified anchor points are not there or were not provided for during the construction and initial installation of the equipment. And when there are several workers to be attached to the same place it is a bit complicated and arduous not to get stuck on your feet or get mixed up with the various attachments around the equipment.

Why was Solutions' Prox-Secur self-supporting guardrails the right solution for your configuration?

We needed a non-fixed and self-supporting guardrail system to avoid drilling into the roof and thus eliminate the future maintenance of our roofs, because if we pierce the roof at some point we will have to waterproof it due to the corrosion of the fixtures to retain these fixed railings after a certain number of years. In addition, a self-supporting guardrail can be easily moved and replaced if any intervention is required (Repair, assembling equipment on the roof, etc...).

Did the installation meet your expectations?

Yes absolutely. Well thought-out system, easy to install and which should last several years because it is made of aluminum.

How is a collective fall prevention solution better than an individual solution?

Because we eliminate the risk of falls at the source directly and there is no need for each worker to have his own attachment system (Harness, cable) and everything related to the anchoring system (certified anchor, certified strap around the equipment to attach, etc.). It saves time and efficiency in starting and completing equipment repair or maintenance work.