What is Work at Height?
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What is Work at Height?
Work at Height is defined as any work at a workplace from which a person could be injured falling from any height, even at or below ground level. It does not apply to permanent stairways or travel to or from work. For instance, a sales assistant on a stepladder would be working at height. The regulations apply to all employers, the self-employed and any person who controls the work of others such as a building's owners who contracts others to work at height.
Safety training gives you a safer working future
It is a legal requirement for employers to provide adequate health and safety training for their employees. Failure of an employer to provide adequate training can make them liable to prosecution, including heavy fines and even imprisonment.
Risk Assessment
Before any work at height is carried out, a careful examination of the risks that could harm people must be undertaken. This could include whether enough precautions to prevent falls have been taken and whether the safest method of both reaching the work and working have been selected. An assessment of the hazards involved could include ground conditions, weather and wind forces as well as close proximity to electrical cables etc, together with the type of tools and materials needed for the work.
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