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The Risks of Working at Height
Each year, hundreds of serious injuries occur as a result of falls from vehicles, with over two-thirds of these incidents involving non-drivers. The recent surge in online shopping has significantly increased operational demands on UK distribution centres, elevating the risk of falls for personnel working in fleet maintenance, distribution, and logistics environments. This underscores the critical need for purpose-built, safety-focused access solutions to protect workers performing tasks at height.
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Vehicle Access Solutions
In fleet maintenance, distribution, and logistics environments, safely accessing the side and rear of trailer units is a common operational challenge. Planet Platforms has successfully addressed this need for numerous customers by providing tailored access solutions.
Most of Planet Platforms’ vehicle access platforms are constructed from aluminium, chosen for its combination of lightweight properties, high strength, and inherent flexibility, making it an ideal material for versatile access systems. Mounted on low-friction castors, these platforms offer excellent mobility and can be easily positioned by a single operator.
The Benefits
- Constructed from aluminium for a combination of lightweight performance and exceptional strength
- Customised designs tailored to specific applications
- Corrosion-resistant, suitable for outdoor use
- Variety of profiles providing enhanced design flexibility
- Mobile solutions that can be rapidly deployed into service
- Engineered in compliance with BS 14122 standards
- Designed and manufactured in the UK
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Fleet Maintenance Solutions
Multiple options that cater for the different working environment and conditions. Non-slip phenol birch ply is perfect for internal applications and where the pooling of liquids, such as rain and water from washing, could present a slip hazard high-grip; fibreglass mesh decking lets liquids simply pass through.
One platform that performs two jobs. CabMate rides over the fifth wheel, which allows it to be used on both the front and rear end of HGV’s, and its ergonomic, multi-height design means it can be used on various vehicles by different personnel.
The platform is contoured to fit around the wind deflectors if used on the rear of the vehicle, and its aluminium modular designs means it is compliant to manual handling regulations, with low-resistance swivel castors allowing for ease of movement once assembled.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A logistics access platform is an elevated or adjustable structure designed to provide safe access to vehicles, containers, racking, or elevated work areas for loading, unloading, inspection, order picking, and maintenance operations.
They are widely used in:
- Warehouses and distribution centres
- E-commerce fulfilment hubs
- Ports and intermodal terminals
- Cold storage facilities
- Manufacturing and production logistics areas
Common types include:
- Mobile access platforms
- Fixed and mezzanine platforms
- Vehicle access platforms
- Adjustable height platforms
- Trailer and container access platforms
They reduce the risk of falls, slips, and overreaching, provide stable working surfaces, improve traffic separation, and support safe access to elevated loads—helping companies reduce workplace injuries and liability.
Yes. They can be customised for:
- Specific dock heights and trailer types
- Facility layouts and traffic flow
- Indoor or outdoor environments
- Specialised handling tasks or automation integration
Yes. Our platforms are designed to comply with the design standard BS EN 14122. Compliance helps reduce liability and ensures safe working conditions.
Regular inspections and proper employee training are essential to maintaining compliance.
Yes. Planet Platforms warrants each new product manufactured and sold by it to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of 12 months from date of delivery to a customer.