THE IDEAS FACTORY
Welcome to the 'Ideas Factory' at Future Safety (.net)

This is a best practice exchange community...which is completely free! Here you can browse the ideas and suggestions submitted by your fellow colleagues or join in by submitting your own.

SUBMITTING IDEAS

If you have details and/or a photo of a best practice idea for sharing then to e-mail it to us just CLICK HERE

Remember to include:

> A brief description

> Photos (if possible)

> Your name

All photos and descriptions are subject to approval and may be edited in accordance with our site style / layout. Please note that by submitting an e-mail you are giving copyright permission for us to use the images you send. Copyright will remain the property of whoever produced the original image.

> SEQUENCE ANALYSIS
A simple but invaluable tool for analysing the events leading up to an accident. This link opens the PowerPoint template with user notes. A FREE resource from www.futuresafety.net!

>BYE BYE LADDERS
This product is being used to provide far safer access to ceilings voids and awkward heights than ladders or alloy towers. Their web site is www.pop-up-platform.co.uk

>PERMIT PLAN
Ingenious use of different coloured map pins to identify the type, location and number of permits on a plan drawing of the site

> NO MORE VIBRATION!
The 'Hy-Rib' is a concrete jointing formwork product, from the RFA Group, that removes the need for scabbling and therefore exposure to hand arm vibration.

> TEMPORARY STAIRS
A simple and effective solution to provide safe access during house building, prior to the finished staircase being installed.

> TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
Standard amongst some of the larger construction companies is this detailed traffic plan. (If you have a better quality picture than this one please send it in).

> SECURE FIRE STAND
Prevent damage, save money and stay safe. This simple fire stand, fabricated by a local blacksmith, provides secure storage for fire extinguishers.

> YOUR IMAGE
Send us your own ideas and take the next space in our gallery!