Get a grip for winter
NHS Trusts, utility companies, police forces and transport operators are among those to have stockpiled specialist shoe traction devices in readiness for icy weather.
Algeos, the distributor of the Yaktrax and Spikys devices, has signed contracts including Scot Rail and heavy building materials supplier Hanson UK, along with a number of leading courier and logistics companies via the UK’s largest corporatewear supplier Dimensions Clothing.
Sales director Max Sheridan said: “Employers have a duty of care to protect their employees from slips and falls in the course of carrying out their duties. Certain workers are naturally more at risk than others and include postal and courier workers, utilities staff, the emergency services, midwives and care workers.”
Yaktrax are lightweight ice grips worn over regular shoes and boots giving the same grip you would expect on dry surfaces. Yaktrax’s scientifically engineered horizontal and vertical coils place hundreds of biting edges in direct contact with the ice beneath a person’s feet.
Spikys are rubber straps that fit over shoes or boots and are manufactured from 76% natural rubber and 24% high-grade synthetic rubber, enabling them to stretch to 6.5 times their original length.
