Ice Road Gritters understands that colder conditions can lead to potential weather challenges. We specialise in offering comprehensive winter gritting services to facilitate traffic flow restoration and ensure the safety of the public and your team.
Gritting is usually carried out before staff and customers begin their day, ensuring you have the reassurance that measures are in place to minimise the potential hazards of snow and ice. This not only enhances safety but to reduce the likelihood of potential legal issues that could emerge from unforeseen accidents.
For added flexibility, we offer a call-off service. Should you choose to this option, a simple reply to our notification email before the 4 pm call-off deadline will result in the cancellation of the service for the upcoming evening/night. This adaptability ensures that you have control over the service activation as per your requirements.
Snowfall possesses the potential to disrupt business operations, posing risks to both staff and customers. Recognizing the importance of upholding accessibility and safety, particularly for businesses, we remain dependable in our commitment to ensuring uninterrupted day-to-day activities on your premises, irrespective of challenging weather conditions.
Our approach is the proactive application of supplementary salt prior to expected snowfall, supported by predictive forecasting. By implementing this approach, the extra salt acts as a deterrent, thwarting the attachment of snow to road surfaces and thereby minimizing potential hazards.
When snow accumulation reaches 2cm or more, our operators undertake Snow Clearance manually. This service covers walkways, pathways, staircases, and emergency exit routes, ensuring unobstructed passage.
When snow accumulations reach 5cm or more, our operators undertake Mechanical Snow Clearance. Mechanical Snow Clearance is executed vehicles like tractors or similar equipment, as well as 4 x 4s equipped with snow ploughs This service covers car parks, roads, loading bays, and access routes across your site. If Mechanical Snow Clearance is an option you’re exploring, we strongly advise making prior arrangements, allowing for seamless preparedness and swift action when the need arises.
At Ice Road Gritters, we understand that every location is unique. That’s why we offer customised winter maintenance solutions tailored to your specific needs. We work closely with you using high quality salt supplies and grit bin options that match your requirements. Having dedicated grit bins is essential for businesses to prepare for sudden and unpredictable weather changes. Grit bins are designed to withstand harsh weather, featuring secure locking mechanisms to protect your salt supplies and high-visibility colouring for easy identification.
We can provide the necessary grit bins for your site and guarantee the quality of the salt we supply. Having grit bins are strategically placed on your premises, ensuring quick and easy access to salt when emergencies arise, ultimately saving time and effort.
Grit bins – Provided upon request and based on availability.
If you are responsible for a business or for individuals such as employees, customers, or visitors in a workplace environment, you bear a personal duty of care to ensure site safety.
Under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, the responsibility falls on employers to ensure the safety and well-being of their employees and anyone else who might be impacted by their activities, such as visitors, members of the public, or patients. This entails preventing harm and safeguarding health, particularly in relation to slip and trip risks to avert incidents.
At Ice Road Gritters, we assess compliance thorough risk and method statements and establish a comprehensive gritting service. In our approach to winter gritting, both the site survey and compliance assessment processes adhere to industry risk assessments. These assessments identify potential health and safety hazards, evaluating the probability of risk and its associated severity.
All winter machinery undergoes servicing during the off-season months, priming it for the upcoming season’s demands.
In addition, our operators receive instruction in best practices for safe working. This spans to slips and trips prevention, lone working protocols, vehicle safety, and the reporting of incidents and near misses.
Avoid these potentially harmful scenarios – Reduce your risk with ICE ROAD GRITTERS!
From landscaping and digger hire to grass and hedge cutting, our comprehensive services include and cover all aspects of agriculture, construction, and groundworks. With our experienced staff and state-of-the-art equipment, you can trust that your grounds will receive the utmost care and attention. Regardless of the project’s scale rest assured that every job receives the same level of quality care and attention with IRG.
Located in Berkshire, IRG is positioned to cater to the needs of various industries including agriculture, construction, and groundworks, in addition to providing services for film production facilities.
We ensure every project is completed on time and to the highest standard. Our commitment to exceptional service drives us to build lasting relationships with our clients, making their satisfaction our top priority
Contact our services team by phone 0800 246 1053 or complete our winter gritting enquiry form below for a competitive winter and snow clearance quote.
At Ice Road Gritters, we specialise in providing comprehensive winter maintenance that ensure safety, accessibility, and peace of mind during the coldest months.
Forest Green Farm,
Forest Green Road,
Holyport, Maidenhead,
Berkshire SL6 2NN
Email: office@iceroadgritters.co.uk