EZ Strap Polyester Strapping
The Buckle & Sizes | Strength Specifications | Read Safety Article
| EZ Strap is high-tenacity woven polyester strapping specifically formulated to meet or exceed the break strength capabilities of conventional steel strapping. EZ Strap is not only a superior alternative for all your wood and other products, but provides a safer work environment for your employees and customers. EZ Strap has a small amount of elongation, plus memory, so when your lumber load is dropped at the jobsite, there is much less shock break. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Buckle
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We believe our exclusive, phosphate-coated buckles have a higher joint efficiency than any other available and are a perfect companion to EZ Strap. You can be confident that your bundle will remain secure. Our buckles are frequently tested to ensure quality and to provide the highest standard in the industry for joint efficiency! |
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Strapping Strength Specifications
| EZ Strap Item |
Steel break strength |
Polyester break strength |
| 5/8 inch strap | .020” = 1900# | 2000# |
| 3/4 inch strap | .023” = 2470# | 2700# |
| 1¼ inch strap | .025” = 4650# | 4200# |
| 1½ inch strap | 5000# |
Accident Trends
by
Ron Landram, Vice President, Risk Services-Nevada
According to Ron, of Nevada Contractors Insurance, data collection points to increased accidents directly related to cutting, removing, and disposing of banding material, that high tension metal strapping, of which is used to secure pallets of material and bundles of pipe and wood.
One individual received a fairly long and deep gash in his cheek, resulting from cutting banding with a hatchet. When the band flew apart, it missed his eye by a couple of inches.
Another accident occurred when a worker was cutting strapping from a bundle of plastic pipe. He was standing on the bundle. Guess what happened when he cut the last strap. You guessed it! Down he went, injuring himself and sending pipe everywhere.
Still a third person was carrying banding material to the scrap pile, when this ball of metal snakes decided to fight back. The result was a cut in the throat area. Not too serious, but it could have been fatal.


