Fall Protection Solution for Commercial Bakery Project

Case Study
Project: Fall Protection Solution for Commercial Bakery Project
Client:  Weston Foods, Calgary, AB

Ever wonder what types of fall prevention challenges exist in a commercial bakery? Well, there are a few. This is especially true when the bread oven in question is around 9 feet tall and 60 feet wide and needs to be serviced safely by a team of experts, requiring a reliable fall protection solution to ensure their safety.

Weston Foods in Calgary, Alberta, contacted Height Works to help its maintenance staff, who operate on their commercial bread ovens with a work-at-heights problem.

Weston Foods has been around for a long time; therefore, their commercial facility has more than just their bake ovens. It also has other permanent structures and a lot of HVAC problems. When figuring out what kind of fall protection our client needed, we had to think about all of these permanent structures, as well as the structural installation capabilities of the fall protection systems that were being looked at as the best way to solve their current work-at-height problems.

With a range of fall protection solutions available, our Height Works’ safety specialists were able to select a fall protection system solution that matched our client's fall arrest needs and, at the same time, could be installed without having to relocate or disassemble any of the existing permanent structures.

Because of this, Height Works was able to give Weston Foods a fall protection solution by putting in four designed Tether Track Systems by Gorbel that were between 10 and 60 feet long. This gave our client's maintenance crew a full fall protection solution. The Gorbel Tether Track device is a sturdy, self-adjusting device that lets maintenance workers move freely along the length of the track without having to use their hands. It was quite straightforward to set up this system, and it fit our clients' roof joist structure very well.

After installation was done, the fall protection safety specialists from Height Works gave onsite training for their new Tether Track System, with a dedication to providing our customers with annual system inspections to verify the system is performing as it should. The end result was that our customer was able to lower their risk and liability by giving its personnel who worked at heights a complete fall protection solution.