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The Health & Safety Authority (HAS) actively monitor and enforce compliance with related regulations and laws. This is for the benefit of employers and employees by preventing injury and accidents and avoiding stiff penalties for non-compliance.

Compliance Manual Handling

Manual handling at work is a health & safety issue. Under Irish legislations, you’re required as an employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare of your employees and site visitors. The term is about physical activity that’s a necessity in almost every workplace at one time or another.

A third of all workplace injuries reported to the HSA are caused by manual handling activities, and those injuries are a leading cause of work disability. Some 940 non-fatal incidents and dangerous occurrences were also reported to the HSA from the construction sector in 2019.

The weight, shape and positioning of materials is a significant contributor to manual handling injuries. Handling traditional concrete sills are a good example where there is a Health & Safety Risk. However, by using Sills, Oversills, Thresholds and Mouldings from our product line these risks can be significantly reduced. The Super Lightweight of these moulded products can usually be safely, moved, positioned and installed by a single worker, significantly reducing the risk of accident or injury, with the added benefits of increased productivity and improved thermal efficiency of the building.

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Maintaining Social Distancing 

Covid-19 Regulations require citizens to maintain social distance of 2 meters, and where circumstances do not allow for 2 meters of distance it is strongly recommended to wear face masks. 

This is of particular importance in the workplace and the HAS is responsible for ensuring compliance and support to employers to the ‘Return to Work’ Protocols.

In construction it is of particular importance when employees are working indoors or when there is a need to work closely outdoors. A common high-risk activity occurs when more than one employee or visitor to site must work together to move materials such as traditional concrete sills

Our Super Lightweight Moulded Sills, Oversills, Thresholds, and Mouldings can usually be safely, moved, positioned and installed by a single worker, significantly reducing the risk of spreading the virus through proximity between workers, with the added benefits of increased productivity and improved thermal efficiency of the building.

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