Wheel Chocks
Wheel Chocks
A wheel chock is the cheapest thing on a loading dock and the one that most often is not there. S&L lists six models, SL-WC-01 to SL-WC-06, across…
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Solution
Securing the trailer, the gap and the people around it
Most dock incidents come down to three unsolved problems: the trailer can move, the gap is not bridged, and nothing stands between a fork truck and the building. This is the equipment set that closes all three.
Loading Dock Safety
Three Stages and The Equipment For Each
Stage 01
Hold the trailer
Rubber, cast iron and steel chocks placed at the rear wheels before the dock door opens, and a stabilising jack under the nose of any trailer parked without a tractor.
Stage 02
Bridge the gap
An aluminium or steel dock board sized to the height difference and to the widest fork truck that will cross it, with steel safety curbs on both sides.
Stage 03
Protect the structure
Bolt-down bollards at door jambs and corners, rail guards along the aisle side of anything a fork truck can strike.
Complete Equipment List
Everything Named On This Page
Trailer Jacks
SL-TJ-04 Two-Way Ratchet Trailer Jack
SL-TJ-04 pairs a two-way ratchet with a 2 inch diameter screw, the thickest column in the S&L range. The two-way action means the operator raises and…
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Aluminium Dock Boards
An aluminium dock board bridges the gap and the height difference between a dock edge and a trailer bed. The S&L TAS series publishes 21 models…
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Dock Boards
Steel Dock Boards and Plates
Where a bay runs steel-wheeled trucks, castings or swarf-laden pallets, a steel deck outlasts an aluminium one. The S&L steel range uses diamond…
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Steel Safety Bollards
A steel safety bollard is a length of heavy wall pipe on a bolt-down base plate, set where a fork truck would otherwise reach something expensive.…
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Machine Guards
Machine Guard Rails
A machine guard rail protects a line rather than a point. Two bolt-down posts carry one or two horizontal rails along the aisle side of a machine, a…
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Machine Guards
Rack Guards
A rack guard is deliberately low. At 9 inches it takes the hit from a fork tine or a pallet corner without fouling the pallet that has to be entered…
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Loading Dock Safety Questions
What does this solution cover?
Most dock incidents come down to three unsolved problems: the trailer can move, the gap is not bridged, and nothing stands between a fork truck and the building. This is the equipment set that closes all three.
Can all of it come from one supplier?
Yes. Every product named on this page is an S&L line with its own published specification page.
How do I start?
List the positions you need to cover, match them to model codes on the product pages, then email the list with quantities and the destination port.
What if a figure I need is not published?
The product pages mark unpublished figures rather than estimating them. Ask and S&L will confirm what can be supplied.
Build The Loading Dock Safety Package
Tell us the site and the positions to cover. We will come back with the model codes, the quantities and a single quotation covering the whole set.