OFF THE WALL SAFETY

COMPANY BACKGROUND
Off The Wall Safety is a company that is actively engaged in designing, testing and manufacturing plastic barriers and barricades since 1993. The company started off on a winning note when the design for their very first product was awarded patent rights in 1995 and subsequently the company notched up 20 patents for new designs in a span of just 15 years. Off The Wall Safety is also the proud recipient of 2 industry awards, 2001 Innovator Award from IFEA and The Contractors Choice Award, which they received for work zone safety. The company has always interacted with its customers to go out of their way to understand and provide specific product designs according to the demands of the customers and in the pursuit for excellence, the company came up with award-winning innovative designs.

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS / STAFF
Off The Wall Safety are based at Utah, the physical address being, 423 South 600 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101. Mr. Marc Edward Christensen is the managing member and Mrs. Amy E Bowen is the Director of marketing. This private company is categorized under Safety Equipment and Supplies with an annual revenue of $ 1 to 2.5 million and employs 5-9 staff. OTW safety was formerly known as Off The Wall Products.

PRODUCTS
OTW Safety has plastic barriers and barricades that they market under the brand names of Smart Jersey Barriers, Smart Security Barriers, Smart Runway Barrier and Smart Crowd Control. Their products find application in force protection, facility and plant security, airports, roads and highways traffic control, crowd control and various other security checkpoints.

OTW SAFETY’S WHITE PAPER
The company is constantly researching and innovating to find enhanced safety solutions in various sectors. As a company that seeks to shoulder corporate social responsibility, OTW Safety has presented a white paper entitled “Work Zone Safety and the Challenge: Choosing Effective Safety over Familiar Products”. The white paper describes the safety barriers and barricades that are used in the road construction industry and the benefits of some new products like Longitudinal Channelizing Barricades or LCBs vis-a-vis the temporary concrete barriers.

Concrete barriers are an effective protection for road construction workers form errant traffic around work zones. However, according to the paper, the concrete barriers tend to transfer the energy of the crash to the vehicle and the occupants, thereby proving hazardous to vehicle drivers and co-passengers. Cones, delineator posts and orange barrels that are used to highlight a hazardous area, maybe knocked down, go unnoticed or may be ignored leading to accidents. Barrels do not contribute much towards checking irresponsible and careless drivers from driving into work zones. Folding barricades tend to create confusion for motorists as the demarcated areas are not clearly visible due to the wide gaps. The brightly colored LCBs are highly visible and stable when ballasted with water. These inexpensive plastic barriers are easy to more around and set up as work zones change. A driver crashing into an LCB is relatively safe than when crashing into concrete barriers.