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TUFFSign - Safety Barriers for Low Head Dams
TUFFSign was developed to address the higher rates of fatalities and injuries at ungated overflow dams and especially at low head dams where a safety barrier with minimal debris retention is desired. Combining high quality floats with FERC Dam Signage. Needs signs in high flow rivers above low head dams, then TUFFSign is what you’ve been looking for. TUFFSign Floats were developed to address a need for signs on lakes and rivers where a boom line is not required and where standard buoys are too small.
Low Head Dam Options
Low Head Dams are called "Drowning Machines" and for good reason. Traditional buoys are often ripped out during high flows and provide limited signage space.
No More. TUFFSign is designed to effortlessly slide through turbulent and high flows without flipping or catching debris and the high buoyancy allows for large signs that effectively warn of the dangers.
Sign Options
Worthington uses the leading best practices for dam signage include F£RC Public Safety Guidelines and USACE EP-310 guidance.
Worthington signs get the message to those who need it by defining the danger and informing of the action required.
Float Options
Chose from thick-walled ODINBoom HDPE, high buoyancy BoatBuster floats or nose-cone floats specially fabricated to effortlessly float in high flow and turbulent conditions.