Falls from height

What you will find on this page

This page provides information on working at height. It offers event organisers and workers advice and guidance to comply with the law and work safely at height.

Your duties as an event organiser

As the organiser, you must make sure that:

For more information on your legal duties, see The Work at Height Regulations.

What you should know

Provisional figures for 2010/11 show that 20 employees died and 3957 suffered major injury in Britain after work-related falls from height.

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Updated 2022-04-26