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The responsibility for a safe work environment lies with everyone at work

Safety at work is everyone’s responsibility

No matter the workplace, there are always health and safety risks involved. Some jobs, however, include more workplace hazards, for example constructing a building. Employers are required, by law, to…

Changing negative attitudes to safety

People with a negative attitude to health and safety at work often become careless, which means they are at a greater risk of an accident. As health and safety professionals,…

Near miss reporting helps prevent accidents

Preventing accidents with near miss reporting

Every day we encounter close calls. Whether it is something you nearly drop, but catch in a reflex, or a person you nearly run into, but you manage to turn…

The role of the safety manager in fall prevention

Every company, where health and safety risks are present, should have one or multiple persons responsible for workplace safety. These safety managers, also called HSE managers, QHSE managers, or HSE…

Top 10 blogs of 2018 – Part 2

This is the second blog of our Top 10 blogs of 2018 series. We write and publish a new blog every week. During an entire year we gather an array…

Top 10 blogs of 2018 – Part 1

Every week we publish fresh new content, such as articles, blogs and reference projects on our websites. These blogs cover all kinds of subjects related to work at height, from…

Eight fall hazards every safety manager should know – part 2

In our previous blog we raised awareness for the dangers of falling from heights and four fall hazards that safety managers should know about. In this second part we look…

8 Fall hazards safety managers should know – part 1

Falls from height are a serious workplace hazard that, unfortunately, still claim many lives and cause serious injuries. Even though we can understand the danger of falling from height, we…

The future of your company is in its people

Building a safe and healthy work environment is challenging. Maintaining and growing your safety culture over the long term can be even more demanding. One tactic you can employ is…

Improve your safety efforts with leading indicators

Implementing a powerful safety culture throughout an organization is essential for keeping employees safe. Striving for a zero-incident rate means going beyond analyzing incident statistics and measuring workdays lost, due…

NEWS: XSPlatforms announce an exclusive partnership with Proalt ingeniería for the Spanish market

XSPlatforms and Proalt ingeniería are very glad to be able to announce an exclusive partnership for the Spanish market. In this exclusive partnership Proalt ingeniería will be the sole distributor…

NEWS: XSPlatforms and Heightsafe Systems Announce Exclusive UK Partnership

XSPlatforms are thrilled to announce an exclusive UK partnership with Heightsafe Systems Ltd. The exclusive partnership will see the transition of XSPlatforms’ UK fall arrest activities to Heightsafe, who will be…

How safety standards emerge

Blog by Geert Cox; CEO XSPlatforms I’ve been in the fall protection industry for more than 25 years. Fall protection was a rarity in The Netherlands when I started, and…

Using a throwing line for work on sloping roofs

A sloping roof (or pitched roof) is usually defined as a roof with a slope that is greater than 15 degrees. On these roofs, protecting yourself against fall accidents is…

Fall arrest or restraint?

There are two ways to protect individual users working at height: fall arrest systems and restraint systems. The aim of this post is to outline the considerations to be made…

Anti-pendulum anchors explained (VIDEO)

The aim of this post is to explain how anti-pendulum anchors are used to limit swing fall hazard – a hidden threat that exists at the corners and the protruding…

Five things you need to know about working safely at height

Working at heights poses safety risks, and so people should consciously take safety and protection measures to prevent them from meeting accidents and injuries. Here are five things you need…