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JAFCO JAFCOJAFCO INSULATED DIGGINGDIGGING TOOLSTOOLS SAFE HAND DIGGING TOOLS 1 © ma JAFCO -design.com JAFCO Jafco Tools Limited Access House Great Western Street Wednesbury West Midlands WS10 7LE UK INSULATED DIGGING TOOLS Tel: +44 (0) 121 556 7700 Fax: +44 (0) 121 556 7788 featuring email: [email protected] www.jafcotools.com NUPLAGLAS® FIBREGLASS HANDLES PRODUCT GUIDE -SEPTEMBER 2012 JAFCO INSULATED TOOLS...................................................................................... 2 NUPLAGLAS FIBREGLASS HANDLES.................................................................... 2 HSE GUIDANCE ON USE OF INSULATED DIGGING TOOLS ................................. 3 ELECTRICAL TESTING OF JAFCO INSULATED TOOLS ........................................ 3 INSULATED STANDARD LENGTH FORKS, SHOVELS & SPADES ..................... 4-7 INSULATED POWER PYLON SHOVELS & SPADES ............................................ 8-9 INSULATED LONG-HANDLED SPADES............................................................ 10-11 INSULATED CROWBARS & DIGGING BARS.................................................... 12-13 INSULATED CONTRACTORS’ TOOLS.............................................................. 14-20 SHOVELHOLER ................................................................................................... 14 POST HOLE DIGGER........................................................................................... 15 BREAKING HAMMER............................................................................................ 16 SOIL PROBE....................................................................................................... 16 PUNNERS &TAMPERS ........................................................................................ 17 PICK HANDLES ................................................................................................... 18 PICK HEADS....................................................................................................... 18 INSULATED HAMMERS ..................................................................................... 19-20 CLAW ............................................................................................................... 19 BALL PEIN ........................................................................................................ 20 CLUB ................................................................................................................ 20 SLEDGE ............................................................................................................ 20 JAFCO TOOLS LTD Access House Great Western Street Wednesbury West Midlands Tel : +44 (0) 121-556 7700 WS10 7LE Fax : +44 (0) 121-556 7788 U.K. 2 HANDLES 3 JAFCO INSULATED DIGGING TOOLS JAFCO INSULATED DIGGING TOOLS JAFCO INSULATED TOOLS HSE GUIDANCE ON USE OF INSULATED DIGGING JAFCO TOOLS is a well established manufacturer of quality hand tools, mainly featuring the many significant TOOLS advantages of NUPLA pultruded fibreglass (NUPLAGLAS) handles. In particular NUPLAGLAS provides excellent JAFCO electrical insulation. For over 20 years JAFCO has produced hand tools for safety-critical and onerous tasks. Major established users include Transco, British Telecom, Water, Electricity and Railway Companies, and Fire & Rescue Services. JAFCO is the major supplier of insulated railway track maintenance hand tools for x “Buried services are widespread and it should be assumed that working under live rail conditions. they are present unless it has been shown otherwise”…… ( para 2 ) x FIRE AND RESCUE TOOLS The JAFCO INSULATED TOOLS in this brochure are insulated for operations where electric cables may be “Trial holes (to be) dug using suitable hand tools...to confirm the present, and are relevant to all companies engaged in groundworks associated with utilities, street lighting, position of any buried services”……………...………………….. ( para 69 ) highway works, fencing etc. featuring Tools meet or exceed relevant British Standards (e.g. for hammers, picks, shovels). JAFCO uses heads x “Insulated tools should be used when hand digging near electric ® manufactured and tested to relevant British Standards. In addition, every JAFCO INSULATED TOOL is cables”NUPLAGLAS…………………………………………….…………………….…. FIBREGLASS HANDLES ( para 71 ) individually electrically tested. JAFCO INSULATED DIGGING TOOLS feature NUPLAGLAS shafts, specifically formulated to meet hand tool Product Guide - May 2009 requirements. NUPLAGLAS exceeds the requirements of the several British Standards for fibreglass used in Extracts from HSG47 “Avoiding Danger From Underground Services” 2005. hand tools. Fibres are electrical grade, tensioned, continuous and parallel, with over 70% fibre by mass. Please refer to HSE publication HSG47 forTABLE full guidance OF CONTENTS The electrical insulation performance of NUPLAGLAS is extremely high and well in excess of likely JAFCO TOOLS LTD.........................................................................................................................................................2 requirements. NUPLAGLAS® FIBREGLASS HANDLES.......................................................................................................................3 JAFCO FIRE & RESCUE TOOLS...................................................................................................................................4 JAFCO TOOLS is registered to ISO 9001 : 2008. NEW FOR 2009.............................................................................................................................................................5 FIRE & RESCUE LONG HANDLED TOOLS : FIXED HANDLES ........................................................................ 6 - 10 Ceiling Hooks.......................................................................................................................................................6 ELECTRICALWall / Ceiling Hook, TESTING Rubbish Hook, Resc ofue Grab JAFCO Hook.......................................................................... INSULATED TOOLS.........7 NUPLAGLAS FIBREGLASS HANDLES Pitch Fork, Hay Fork, Manure Drag...................................................................................................................8 At presentForester’s there is Rake, no British Fire Beaters................................................................................................. Standard or Code of Practice for electrical testing............................9 of insulated Strong : Safe : Durable ground excavationWater Depth tools. Pole ............................................................................................................... Many ground excavation tools are similar to...............................10 tools used on the railways,FIRE and& RESCUE there TAKE- is aAPART British SYSTEM Standard .............................................................................................. for railway track tools used on/near live........... conductor 11 - 14 NUPLAGLAS is widely recognised as the safest, strongest, most durable and cost-effective material available rails. ThereforeGrip Ends, Extensions JAFCO electrically .......................................................................................................... tests the insulated tools in this.............................11 brochure to the for tool handles. Designed specifically for hand tools, the high specification of NUPLAGLAS provides the requirements of that Standard : BS8020:2011 Insulating Railway Track Tools for working on/ many beneficial qualities for hand tools, including : Head Ends ................................................................................................................................................. 12 - 13 near live conductor rails operating to voltages up to 1,000V a.c .or 1,500V d.c. Brooms & Squeegee Heads ..............................................................................................................................14 x Excellent electrical insulation ENTRY TOOLS ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 - 18 x Highly resistant to damage through wear and overstrike Hatchets & Axes ........................................................................................................................................ 15 - 16 It is the responsibility of the customer and/or user to decide if the requirements and x Securely fixed to tool heads - majority of tools feature bonded assembly electrical testsSledge inHammers BS8020:2011 & Wrecking Hammer............................................................................................... meet the requirements of the specific circumstances..............17 of Pick Axe Handles & Bolt Cutters .......................................................................................................................18 x Comfortable to use - low sting and vibration, warm to the touch use. FIRE & RESCUE ‘FIRST AID ENTRY KIT’ ...................................................................................................................19 x Unaffected by storage and weather conditions, immersion in water, etc. SHOVELS & SPADES...................................................................................................................................................20 x Highly resistant to most industrial oils, greases and chemicals UnderSMALL BS8020:2011 HAMMERS