Let Readyfix help keep your sites safe and bright during the autumn and winter months

Date: 20/10/2023

Let Readyfix help keep your sites safe and bright during the autumn and winter months
The daylight hours are shorter, and temperatures are colder, which can only mean one thing: winter working on site.
Having an effective site lighting strategy in place for a building project is a win for construction safety throughout autumn and winter. The HSE give practical, clear guidance that natural light should be available for people to go about their work and move around site safely. When it isn’t, artificial light sources should be provided when natural light starts to fail.
It’s important that any artificial light sources don’t change the colour or visibility of any safety signs or other safety related items such as fire extinguishers. That’s why it’s always best to go for construction-grade lighting specifically made for the industry.
Festoon and Work Lights
Festoon kits (also known as construction string lights), task lighting, and portable work lights are all popular LED site lights because they are safe, durable methods of providing high levels of visibility. Construction-grade lighting is made to withstand tough environments like building sites.
Always making sure walkways are well-lit helps keep workers safe as they move about a busy working site. Heavy plant machinery, construction waste, and poorly stored site equipment all contribute to unnecessary accidents, particularly when it’s dark and people and objects can’t be seen very well.
Artificial lighting should always be provided where the natural light source is inadequate and poses and health and safety risk. Illuminated work areas makes sure people can see what they are doing properly, operating tools in poor lighting leads to poor workmanship and even injury. Eye strain is also a result of working in bad lighting conditions and is unhealthy and can have long-term consequences.
A tripod LED rechargeable work light is the perfect lighting for trade professionals. The high-performance lamp delivers exceptional illumination which allows a worker to carry out a task with the same precision and accuracy they normally would because it omits a clear and bright light akin to natural daylight.
Where it’s not possible to have lighting that comes on automatically when natural light fails, torches and head torch lights may be suitable alternatives to give sufficient illumination.
Choosing Readyfix for all your site lighting requirements means you’ll have access to a vast range of work lights and site lights to keep everyone safe and bright on site, including yourself.