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Snow ploughs and gritters: 5 professional tips for your winter road maintenance service
As temperatures fall, the risk of snowfall and slippy surfaces increases. As an employer, you are responsible for ensuring that the paths, access roads and parking spaces on your premises are cleared and gritted. If a customer or supplier is injured, they can claim damages. If an employee is affected, the statutory accident insurance is liable, but the employee is unable to work. That's why it’s advisable to organise your winter road clearance well and early - with our 5 professional tips, you’ll be just fine.
1st expert tip: define responsibilities
A clearing and gritting plan will allow you to ensure that your site is cleared of ice and snow in good time. Alternatively, you can hire a building cleaning company or a caretaker to clear the snow. It is important to note that, as the head of a company, you are responsible for compiling with the obligation to clear and grit. Therefore, check regularly whether the person in charge of winter maintenance is also carrying out the winter maintenance thoroughly.
2nd expert tip: sensitive areas first
The larger the company premises, the more time is needed for clearing and gritting. But don't worry - you don't have to clear the entire area of ice and snow. Wide access routes, through which staff can get to everywhere they need to, are completely sufficient. Above all, make sure that access roads, pavements and car parks are winterised and made safe for customers, suppliers and employees as swiftly as possible.
3rd expert tip: ergonomic working tools
Provide your employees with snow shovels made of glass fibre reinforced plastic or snow ploughs with stainless steel blades. Snow ploughs with rollers and shovels with handles allow back-friendly and ergonomic working. After shovelling, suitable winter gritting materials must be spread over the surfaces. CEMO's gritters support the even and large-area distribution of grit.
4th expert tip: environmentally friendly grit
Road salt is very bad for the environment; it is harsh on animal paws and is prohibited in many cities. Granulate, sand or chippings are environmentally-friendly alternatives that offer yet another advantage: you can simply sweep the gravel or sand back together after winter use and use it again next time. This saves you money and protects animals and nature.
5th expert tip: professional storage
Once a thick cover of snow forms, your winter gritting agents will quickly run out. Remember to provide sufficient gritting material for the winter road maintenance in good time. It is best to store gravel and such like in a weatherproof gritting material container. This guarantees that nothing gets damp and lasts until both the next season and the one after that. By the way: With gritting material containers that can be accessed from underneath and stacked, gritting materials can be stored and transported more easily.
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Be completely prepared for the winter, with professional winter road maintenance products from CEMO.
As soon as the first snow falls or freezing water becomes a danger to motorists and pedestrians, winter road maintenance is indispensable. Working in snow and ice is a particular challenge and can be made much easier with professional and practical winter road maintenance products.
This is why CEMO offers you a wide range of grit containers, gritters and shovels that are both powerful and functional, thus ensuring not only efficiency but above all the safety of people and the environment.
Versatile products for use in snow and ice
At CEMO, you will find versatile products for professional winter road maintenance. Our gritting material containers in various sizes, for example, protect the gritting material from external influences and, thanks to vandalism lids, are resistant even under extreme conditions. The same applies to our gritters, which also have to meet high material and processing demands due to contact with aggressive substances. Whether for small or large areas - CEMO's winter road maintenance products are suitable for every application in snow and ice.
The advantages of our winter road maintenance products at a glance:
- High level of safety due to first-class materials
- Effortless work thanks to intelligent product design
- Long durability of all winter road maintenance products
- Large product selection for individual solutions
Long durability even under tough conditions
Our products for winter road maintenance are convincing even under the toughest conditions and are perfectly suited for long-term use in adverse weather conditions. High-quality materials and first-class workmanship ensure safety, stability and durability. A service life of 20 years and a guarantee period of 10 years are, for example, the common standard for our gritting material containers.
In addition, we also focus on the practical benefits and work simplification of our winter road maintenance products. That is why CEMO's grit containers, gritters and shovels will surprise you with clever little details. For example, a particularly ergonomic handle on our GRP snow shovel ensures optimum use of physical strength and fatigue-free working as a result.
Opt for CEMO's professional winter maintenance products and brave snow and ice even under tough conditions.