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Winter Gritting - Prevention of Icy Surfaces - Walkways / Road Surfaces / Car Parks

What can your business do to stop slip accidents happening in icy conditions?

The winter period can be defined into two: -

1. December, January and February – more likely to experience severe conditions
2. November and March – less likely to experience severe weather conditions

Slip and trip accidents increase during the autumn and winter season for a number of reasons: there is less daylight, leaves fall onto paths and become wet and slippery and cold weather spells cause ice and snow to build up on paths making them icy. 

There are effective actions that you can take to reduce the risk of a slip or trip in these icy conditions.  Regardless of the size of your site, always ensure you tackle icy conditions, as road surfaces can become frozen even when the temperature doesn’t feel very cold, this is because road temperatures can be four degrees colder than the air temperature. 

To reduce the risk of slips on ice, frost or snow, you need to assess the risk and put in a system to manage it.  Lucas Landscapes can offer you this management system, ensuring you have taken appropriate steps to minimise the risk for your staff and visitors.  Prevention is the key.

Below is a list of outdoor areas most likely to be affected by ice and which can be gritted: -

• building entrances
• roadways
• car parks
• pedestrian walkways / footpaths
• fire exit routes / footpaths

Gritting should be carried out when frost, ice or snow is forecast or when walkways are likely to be damp or wet and the floor temperatures are at, or below freezing.  The best times are early in evening before the frost settles and/or early in the morning before employees arrive. 

Lucas Landscapes is based in Hampshire and offers a winter gritting service.  Contact us now if you are interested in knowing more about this service, or wish for information to be sent through to your facilities team.

Provision of Salt / Grit Bins
Salt / grit bins can be provided, please contact us to be provided with a cost for this supply.