Undeterred by cost, Buildcorp’s ability to demonstrate continual improvement is a testament to their safety team efforts to seek out any way possible that they can gain an edge over an evolving and very dangerous industry. Reflected by the ongoing support from senior management. This simple yet financially constraining safety solution is as a result of some simple research into typical plastic bar caps. From which they learned that these typical bar caps are only designed for ‘scratch protection’ to help prevent cuts and abrasions however they are not rated for anti-impalement. If someone were to fall from a height onto a starter bar with the typical scratch protection bar cap there is a possibility the bar cap will split under the load allowing the starter bar to break through the plastic cap and impale the person who fell. As a positive consequence all Buildcorp’s projects now have made the more superior fit for purpose “Life Guard” anti-impalement bar caps the standard requirement for bar caps to be used across all our construction projects. Worthy of a Merit!