£600k medical devices taken down four flights of steps

Three devices, worth £600k between them, and one rule: keep them horizontal. The route to the room included four flights of steps, which is where most of the risk sat.

A lift would have made it simple. Steps don't. Every turn, landing and handrail matters when the load can't be tilted.

Five of our team did the delivery. Before the day, we carried out site surveys and wrote the plans and RAMS, so the route was known and agreed.

On the day we used lite deck staging rated at 750kg and an Innolift electric stacker rated at 600kg. The devices stayed horizontal for the whole of the move down the four flights.

Here is how we normally run a final mile delivery to the room of choice:

• The route is inspected and protected before anything moves.
• Everyone signs in on arrival, and wears PPE and follows infection control where the site requires it.
• The equipment is placed where the client wants it.
• Packaging is removed and taken away.
• The client signs off.

For going up steps rather than down, we also use powered stair climbers.

Three medical devices worth £600k delivered by a team of 5, kept horizontal down 4 flights of steps.