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Posted By Peter Wright
Where will i find out when the circular supports on a ficed vertical ladder are required (the ones that are fixed in the side of a silo to stop a person falling backwards) and at what height they should begin ???? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
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Posted By David A Jones
Recent research (HSE) has shown that the use of ladder hoops can have a detrimental affect on health and safety in the event of a fall. I think there is some information on the HSE website (possibly under research reports or press releases)
Personally I would be looking at providing a suitable fall arrest system
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Posted By Heather Aston
The ACoP to the Workplace (Health Safety & Welfare) Regs 1992 says
"Fixed ladders at an angle of less than 15 degrees to the vertical (a pitch of
more than 75 degrees) which are more than 2.5 m high should where possible be
fitted with suitable safety hoops or permanently fixed fall arrest systems. Hoops
should be at intervals of not more than 900 mm measured along the stiles, and
should commence at a height of 2.5 m above the base of the ladder. The top hoop
should be in line with the top of the fencing on the platform served by the ladder.
Where a ladder rises less than 2.5 m, but is elevated so that it is possible to fall a
distance of more than 2 m, a single hoop should be provided in line with the top of
the fencing. Where the top of a ladder passes through a fenced hole in a floor, a
hoop need not be provided at that point.
Heather
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Posted By Ken Taylor
BS5395:Part 3 also gives you this - but it's about time it was revised in the light of the recent research referred to above.
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Posted By David A Jones
Heather,
You will find that the HSE are starting to take a different tack in the hoops on ladders are not and should never have been referred to as safety hoops. The research has shown that they are not effective in preventing falls and can increase the risk of injury when using other certain types of fall arrest devices.
As previously stated I would not be looking at providing safety hoops but would be looking at an appropriate fall arrest system.
regards
David
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Posted By Heather Aston
David
I take your point, but the OP did ask "where will I find out...." and until HSE changes the ACoP, that's what it says.
You will note though that it does say "or a fixed fall arrest system" in the paragraph about hoops. Problem with that is getting people to use it for short-term "running up the ladder" access.
BTW have you got a link to this research - I'd be interested to read it?
Heather
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Posted By steve e ashton Heather, link to research: http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr258.pdfNote please that whilst the report is published by HSE, it carries the ussual HSE research disclaimer "This report and the work it describes were funded by the HSE. Its contents, including any opinions and/or conclusions expressed, are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect HSE policy." You are correct to say that the workplace regs standard is the one to be applied until there is a formal change in HSE policy. Steve
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