Posted By The toecap When are ladder hoops to be placed onto ladders. Where in any documentation would hoops be required on ladders. I know it may state this in a risk assessment. But at what height. Also, if you where to clime a very tall ladder, say 80m. When would you be rquired to fix a harness on to a latchway system? For those who think a ladder of 80m is impossible. Try working on wind turbines. That's is where i work at the moment

Posted By The toecap Thanks Mitch. I wonder if i cna get a copy from somwhere

Posted By Kenneth Patrick Quote from this HSE webpage: "Various legislative and guidance documents specify ladder safety hoops on fixed access ladders, (alternatively rendered as caged ladders), and give the impression that the purpose of the hoops is to protect workers from falling to the ground or other platform. Previous research has indicated that there is virtually a total lack of knowledge in regard to ladder safety hoops, and in conjunction with anecdotal accident evidence and a lack of test methods, uncertainties have been raised by persons conducting working at height risk assessments as to whether safety hoops can provide any form of fall-arresting capability. The overall aim of this preliminary investigation was to update the current state of knowledge and understanding in regard to what ladder safety hoops actually are, what their intended purpose is, and to establish by preliminary testing whether or not they could provide any form of fall-arresting capability. http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr258.htm In the Construction (Working Places) Regulations (1966) the maximum vertical run of a ladder was set as 30 feet (9.15 m). Any height beyond this required a platform such that the maximum height between platforms was to be 9.15 m. No fall protection is stipulated whilst climbing the ladder. These regulations were completely revoked by the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations (1996), which continued the rule of a maximum of 9.0 m between ?safe landing areas or rest platforms?.

Posted By steve e ashton Be aware also there has been a recent caution about a fixed rail vertical fall arrest system i.e. equipment not stopping a fall within specified distances or not at all. Not, I must emphasise, 'latchways' equipment - but there are other suppliers out there. See: http://www.hse.gov.uk/falls/fixedrail011007.htm Steve

Posted By Barry Cooper What about the requirement to provide a platform every 6 metres? Barry