How off shore wind is generating local job creation
Working locally with Innogy innogy is one of the largest UK renewable energy companies, generating a third of all renewable energy in Wales. With 533 permanent staff in the UK, the company is one of the big players. innogy however, recognises how important it is to support the economy with job creation and creating strategic…
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As a leading provider of first-line safety equipment & protective wear for the energy and public sector we are classified as a key sector. We are working tirelessly to access accredited and safe supply lines as well as new UK manufacturing lines for the production of PPE items. Helping your business maintain the Nation’s energy supply is…
Read MoreDevelopment of the PALLETsafe
Case Study INTRODUCTION Workplace-Worksafe is known for supplying innovative, cost-effective safety solutions to global providers of wind power solutions, ensuring the safety of its workers and products. Where the industry typically uses standard solutions to protect or reduce hazards, we look at it from a health and safety angle. We know some of the products,…
Read MoreDevelopment of the CABLEsafe Yaw protective cable sleeve
Case Study INTRODUCTION Workplace-Worksafe has supplied an innovative, cost-effective safety solution for a global provider of wind power solutions, ensuring the safety of its workers and products. We were approached to provide an innovative solution to a problem that posed a serious dropped hazard risk when more than one technician was working in turbine towers…
Read MoreThe DELTAsafe – Strong on the outside. Safe on the inside.
How we worked in partnership with Siemens Gamesa to design over innovative protective lifting system – the DELTAsafe. CHALLENGE Traditionally, Siemens Gamesa transported Delta module inverters in cardboard boxes strapped to a pallet or traditional flight cases. This method resulted in three out of five returned with non-recoverable damage, and a loss of over £100,000…
Read MoreCABLESafe helps protect workers from dropped objects in the wind industry
Dropped Objects (DO’s) pose a common risk across offshore wind vessels and infrastructure, throughout the installation and operational phases. Dropped objects can present a fourfold threat to the safety of personnel, the integrity of equipment, financial performance and ultimately the reputation of offshore wind farms, and their high profile stakeholders. A report by Dropsafe assesses…
Read MoreThe DELTAsafe system helps reduce the risk of heavy lifting during wind turbine installation
The DELTAsafe® our innovative inverter protective system reduces the risk to your critical components during up tower lifting. During the installation and maintenance of wind turbines, one of the significant challenges and risks wind technicians face is up tower lifting. This activity requires highly specific equipment that combines complex engineering with the demands of limited…
Read MoreDeltaSAFE Soft Bags save the wind industry millions in warranty charges and write-offs every year
The DELTASafe critical component protector soft bag from Workplace Worksafe has already saved the wind industry an estimated €30 million in damaged or destroyed power modules resulting from being dropped, knocked or simply mishandled on the way to the top of the turbine. The fact that the average power module in a 3.6MW turbine costs…
Read MoreWorkplace Worksafe partners with Siemens Gamesa to ensure worker and product safety excellence
A global provider of wind power solutions has ensured the safety of its workers and products by teaming up with a leading health and safety specialist. Siemens Gamesa called in Workplace Worksafe to provide an innovative solution to a problem that was costing the company millions of pounds a year. The challenge surrounded the transportation…
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