Brown Rock Salt/Grit for ice, snow, melting - 23kg Bag

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It’s always wise to keep a close eye on the weather forecasts. Rain will soon wash away all the grit before it can make any kind of impact, so be on the lookout for grey clouds before you get to work! Safety doesn’t end at the front door

If warning cones are used, remember to remove them once the hazard has passed or they will eventually be ignored. Each year, approximately 1,000 people in the UK are killed or seriously injured on icy or snow covered roads. If you need to direct people, visitors, employees, 3 rd parties away from ungritted/unsalted areas use clear signage. Different signs will be available from signage suppliers. Training Grit/salting a large car park can be a challenge, in your risk assessment you may want to consider: Employers have a duty of care to their employees and customers that might be at risk from hazards and risks related to the employer’s activities. In the case of ice and snow both employees and 3 rd parties (i.e. customers) may need to cross from the public highway onto the Employer’s property where there might be snow, ice or both. A failure to identify this as a risk may leave the employer exposed and employees or 3 rd parties at risk of slipping.When grit is walked or driven over, the salt grinds down and becomes a saline solution. This ice and salty mixture provides underfoot friction, before disappearing down any nearby drains. The Department for Transport carries out regular audits of local authorities to monitor salt levels. If you can’t find the information you’re looking for in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) section, then for queries about: Frost and ice form when water freezes. Grit spread on roads and pedestrian areas mixes with any moisture and creates a saline solution. Saline solutions freeze at a lower temperature than water, so frost and ice doesn't form on the road, even though the temperature is below freezing for water. It's for exactly the same reason why salty sea water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water. The actual freezing point of a saline solution depends on the salinity (strength) of the saline solution.

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.

The following is a summary of general good practice and advice for gritting/salting and hazard management when it is icy or snowy. An individual risk assessment for you as an employer may still be required but this should help you do this much more easily. The grit we use on the roads and pedestrian areas contains Safecote. Safecote is more than 90% pure Sodium Chloride (salt) with the remaining insolubles consisting mainly of Keuper Marl which helps to protect the salt quality. Marl also helps improve friction when salt is used as a highway de-icer. A House of Lords ruling (Goodes v East Sussex County Council – 2000) concluded that a highway authority had an absolute duty to keep the fabric of the highway in a good state of repair so as to render it safe for ordinary traffic at all seasons of the year, but that did not include a duty to remove the formation or accumulation of ice and snow on the road. When you are in the grip of winter and temperatures plummet, knowing the correct wa y to grit a path or road can be a life saver.

Snow and ice means wet shoes and boots, which can cause wet patches around the entrances to your business premises. Be sure to place dry Entrance Mats inside the doorways to soak up water and enable people to wipe their feet, and read our blog post on How to Reduce the Risk of Slips, Trips and Falls with Effective Floor Cleaning for more helpful advice. Yes. Salt will work at temperatures down to minus 8-10 degrees C. Below that temperature salted roads will still freeze. Grit generously and evenly. Spread the salt generously and evenly over areas that have a high level of footfall, or busy roads using a Salt Spreader. No. The grit doesn't directly melt snow as it firstly has to mix with the snow to form a saline solution and lower the melting point. If snow is predicted, grit is spread in advance so when the first snow falls it can start to mix with grit to create a saline solution, which can reduce the build up (accumulation) of snow and prevent the formation of ice. There are also smart signs on the market, available to buy at low cost, which display warning messages at 50 and below.When work requires you to travel in these conditions, slippery snow and ice can pose a threat to the safety of your staff and visitors alike, so it’s important that you take precautions to minimise the risk. Under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957 (amended in 1984), owners or occupiers of private land are legally required to ensure safe access for staff and visitors, which extends to clearing ice and snow.