Enquire Now Work at Height
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 are a single set of regulations covering work at height activities for all businesses.
These regulations apply not just to Construction, but all sectors of business including many that may not have considered that they have work at height issues.
Examples where businesses have not considered their work at height issues include:-
- Access to and from the back of a lorry for deliveries
- Putting posters up (e.g. in a school)
- Simple maintenance tasks (e.g. window cleaning, cleaning leaves out of gutters, painting edges of flat roofs)
- Control of contractors working at height on clients’ premises
The regulations require every business to:-
- Avoid work at height if possible
- Prevent falls by using suitable means of working at height, if work at height is unavoidable, and if so,
- Mitigate the consequences or distance of any potential fall.
The regulations also require businesses to consider the need for collective protection over personal protection (for example, guardrails which protect everyone are more significant than harnesses which protect individuals, particularly important when working on roofs).
Work at Height must also be properly organised, planned and supervised by people who are competent and knowledgeable enough to select the safest solution.
Does your business have a competent person?
Peak HSE is uniquely placed to help you, including:
- Work at Height safety audits
- Development of Work at Height specifications and procedures
- Work at Height planning, co-ordination and supervision – including the pre-contract planning of major projects
- Work at Height training needs analysis
We also have specific expertise relating to Scaffolding.
For HSE advice see:
https://www.hse.gov.uk/toolbox/height.htm