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UKAS · INDUSTRIAL ADJACENT

Slip testing
for Loading Bays & Yards.

Loading bays and yards are the highest-incident slip zones in most industrial sites — the combination of continuous weather carry-in, hydraulic-and-tyre-residue exposure, and 24-hour MHE traffic produces PTV briefs that warrant testing more frequent than the parent facility.

17025 ISO/IEC accreditation
Loading Bays & Yar Sector covered

Loading Bays & Yards testing

Tier 2 · Industrial Adjacent

  • Sector contextLoading bays and yards are the highest-incident slip zones in most industrial sites — the combination of continuous weather carry-in, hydrau…
  • Out-of-hours attendance23:00–05:00 visits to avoid production-shift disruption.
  • UKAS-accredited reportsAccepted by HSE, FSA, BRC, MHRA and PL insurers.
  • Multi-site programmesGroup annual contracts for portfolio operators.
Surfaces tested in loading bays & yards

The loading bays & yards surface vocabulary.

Every loading bays & yards site has a distinct surface vocabulary that drives the testing protocol. We test the actual surfaces present, not a generic baseline.

  1. 01 · SURFACE

    Concrete leveller plates and dock-edge transitionsweather-and-residue exposure

  2. 02 · SURFACE

    Steel dock-buffer surroundstested independently

  3. 03 · SURFACE

    Anti-slip aggregate at dock-leveller surfacesthe highest-priority intervention zone

  4. 04 · SURFACE

    Painted segregation lines on yard concretetested independently

Specific risk zones

Where the incidents actually happen.

Generic slip testing misses the zones that actually generate incidents. Loading Bays & Yards sites have distinct high-risk zones that warrant independent testing.

Dock-leveller plate

Continuous wet-shoe carry-in plus tyre-residue from trailer wheels.

Yard-to-internal threshold

External weather carry-in across the dock-door threshold.

Trailer-positioning perimeter

Hydraulic-and-fuel drip exposure.

Regulatory framework

Loading Bays & Yards · regulatory context.

Loading bay slip testing operates under HSE INDG225, Workplace Regulations 1992 Reg 12, and PUWER 1998. UKAS ISO/IEC 17025 reports support HSE compliance and operator H&S documentation.

HSE INDG225 Slips and trips
WHSWR 1992 Reg 12 Floor condition
PUWER 1998 Levellers
Related sectors

Adjacent industrial categories.

Request a Quote

Tell us about your loading bays & yards site.

Whether you operate a single industrial site, a multi-site portfolio, or an FM contractor brief covering multiple operators, we'll return a fully-costed, no-obligation quotation within one working day.

Out-of-hours attendance

Mon–Fri, 8am–6pm office hours.
23:00–05:00 attendance for production-floor sites by arrangement.