WISAblock provides a safe, efficient and cost-effective rebar protection method guarding against impalement and the threat of other serious injury posed by exposed, or poorly protected steel starter bars on concrete substructures.
Under HASAWA1974 every company has to provide a duty of care to their employees and with construction site safety standards constantly under review, there is a growing requirement to improve construction site safety relating to the risk of impalement injuries. With anti-impalement now becoming mandatory on some construction sites, WISAblock offers you this cost effective solution.50% cost reduction compared to alternative anti-impalement methods.
- Tested to OSHA requirements with 114kG from 3m height (Blocks at 1.5m centres)
- 80% reduction in application times compared to individual protective caps
- Cost effective Solution to anti impalement – * WISAblocks cover 10 x rebar [£7.50 / 10 = £0.75]WISA Blocks have been used up to 7 times over* [£0.75 / 7 = 11p per bar]
- Innovative clamp design fits 10mm – 32mm rebar sizes
- Supports standard timber 4×2 allowing simple coverage of steel bars
- Light, robust and easy to store
- Provides a duty of care under HASAWA 1974
- Forms a natural hand rail system
- Protects recently poured concrete from rain damage when using installed covers
- Assists carpenters to hang kickers
- Constructed from high impact polymer
- 100% fully recyclable
- Used horizontal or vertically
- UK manufactured
- Short delivery times
- Available in safety orange or yellow
- Installation Safety Guidance
- More effective than Safety strip without metal, as actually saves you from impalement