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Working at Height

On 6 April 2005, the The Work at Height Regulations 2005 came into force, consolidating previous UK and European legislation on work at heights. The Regulations apply to any work at a height where there is a risk of a fall liable to cause injury. This includes work below ground level and at a low height. The Regulations place duties on employers, the self-employed, and any person that controls the work of others (for example facilities managers or building owners who may contract others to work at height).

As part of the Regulations, duty holders must ensure:

all work at height is properly planned and organised;
those involved in work at height are competent;
the risks from work at height are assessed and appropriate work equipment is selected and used;
the risks from fragile surfaces are properly controlled; and
equipment for work at height is properly inspected and maintained.

The HSE has determined a simple hierarchy for managing and selecting equipment for work at height. In this, duty holders must:

avoid work at height where they can;
use work equipment or oher measures to prevent falls where they cannot avoid working at height;
where they cannnot eliminate the risk of a fall, usework equipment or other measures to minimise the distance and consequenses of a fall, should one occur.

FDB Safety Solutions has the experience and knowledge to clearly identify potential hazards and recommend suitable equipment to eliminate or reduce the risk to employees when working at height. Services included:

Carrying out roof/height space surveys
Production of ‘easy to read’ reports
Recommendation of suitable and cost effective fall protection, height access equipment
Inspection of fall protection equipment, raising of inspection reports and asset registers
Assistance in risk assessments, safe systems of work / method statements
Working at Height Awareness Training includes working at height awareness, harness and lanyard, and use of ladders and step ladders.

FDB Safety Solutions recommends:

RidgeGear Limited is a multi-faceted international company established to provide the highest quality, innovative and practical solutions to the industry. RidgeGear not only manufacture the finished product, but also the critical safety components.

RidgeGear has proven expertise in fall protection engineering and is leading the design of the next generation of fall protection solutions

System Access fall Elimination (SA-FE) is a health and safety driven association that is dedicated to ensuring that professional best practices - through training, experience and knowledge - are provided by all its members. The association is aimed at achieving health and safety improvements in the erection, dismantling and alteration of access, falsework, formwork and associated systems and will be continually developed to meet industry requirements.

SA-FE aims to provide the industry with safer systems of work that meet the requirements of relevant resolutions and standards, including the Working at Height Regulations 2005, thereby promoting and demonstrating industry best practice

Turner Access Ltd is a division of the Turner Group; a private family owned and operated business since 1912. Turner Access Ltd was established in 1984, purely as a hire and contracts operation. Since then, the company has evolved into a leading manufacturer and supplier of access equipment, with a product range comprising system scaffolding, aluminium access towers, a full contracting division, specialist training courses and powered access platforms.

The company also incorporates PlusEight ® World-Wide and Safespan ® Europe. In recent years Turner Access Ltd has expanded the range of products offered and firmly established its reputation in the access marketplace with a series of innovative access solutions. Unique developments include PlusGard™ Advanced Guardrail System, Safespan Multi-Span Bridge Platform System and a range of low level access solutions.