Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Falls from height
WAHSA have published some leaflets on use of work positioning and fall arrest equipment for work at height. They cover issues such as when to use PPE, anchors, lanyards and inspection requirements.
To find out more visit the WAHSA website.
The Glass and Glazing Federation have produced a code of practice for work at height in the domestic and replacement window industry.
The Topic Inspection pack is provided for HSE and Local Authority Inspectors to help them assess duty holders' arrangements for managing work at height. This pack has been made available to enable health and safety professionals and duty holders to understand what inspectors are looking for during their visits to premises. The pack sets out the arrangements that inspectors will expect to be in place and explains what they will look for if particular access equipment is present.
The speakers pack has been made available for people who are planning to do an awareness talk on the Work at Height Regulations. It contains detailed information on the Regulations.
The pack includes a PowerPoint presentation and associated speaker notes. The speaker can add to it or amend it as required. If all the slides are used, the presentation will take approximately 40 minutes to complete.
In the spirit of openness, HSE is happy for speakers to use or change the pack as required, provided they:
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HSE and Local Authority Inspectors have had formal training on the Work at Height Regulations. These presentations form the basis of this training. They have been made available in the spirit of openness to enable health and safety professionals, employers and people who work at height to understand more about the HSE approach to the Work at Height Regulations. The files are a PDF copy of PowerPoint presentations including speaker notes. They are not formal guidance on the Work at Height Regulations.
The presentations contain:
[PDF 950kb] [PDF 690kb] [PDF 710kb] [PDF 1.09mb] [PDF 670kb] A recent HSE survey found that 92% of people working in education work at height at some point; 87 of these people suffered a major injury following a fall during 2004/05.
The guidance helps identify work at height activity within the education sector and some of the hazards to look for. It also gives advice on good practice. It has been made available for duty holders in the education sector to download and use as the basis for assessing the risk to people who work at height.
This guidance has been produced by the South West Education Safety Advisers Panel with advice from HSE.
David Towlson of RRC Training has produced a podcast in which Mark Thomas, policy adviser for the Slips, Trips and Falls from Height Programme from the Health and Safety Executive explains the HSE view on safe ladder use. It is aimed at ladder users and those who manage the work.
People should ask themselves these three simple questions:
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