Posted By Brenda H Anyone?

Posted By Glyn Atkinson I would recommend looking for the PASMA guide for accurate information or go through PR EN 1298. Our hire firm sends out a guidance document as part of PASMA training, and I've detailed just a couple of limits below from their guidance- External scaffold maximum height : - Working height of 10.2 metres with a working maximum height of 8.2 metres. Internal use only maximum height: - Working height - 14.2 metres and working height of 12.2 metres. You also wish to consult BS 1139 Part 3 (HD 1004) I've only touched what is a deep technical subject and more research is needed to give you accurate information on all the other aspects of scaffold erection. Hope that this very swift overview and info helps in some way. Please pm if you need any contact details - will not break site guidelines by advertsing our third aprty contractor.

Posted By Will Pool A couple of years ago I was on a PASMA Tower course and if my memory serves me right you require 2 people to safely erect the said scaffold. In a previous company I worked for "Lone Workers" were not allowed to use, build modify etc Towers, instead they were to use alternative access equipment such as MEWPS, Pop-ups, a safe alternative that MAY be used by an indivdual as defined by a Lone Worker & WAH specific Risk Assessment. As with all things you require to risk assess each individual activity and use the most appropriate access equipment based on its findings. Other issues to look at for WAH when Lone Working is the Manual Handling aspect of moving gene hoists, pop-ups etc (can it be done by one) and in any case a rescue plan, how can one person rescue themselves (it can be done, but at what cost) and will it be reasonably practicable. Hope this helps

Posted By Will Pool A MEWP comes with all necessary collective protection (guard rails, toe boards, anchor points for harnesses etc) a mobile is build as you go and to use the advance guardrail system at height on your own is difficult. Additionally if you are using the TTT (Through The Trap) safe building system, i.e. sitting on the trap whilst putting in place the guard and intermediate guard rails, it would be even more difficult to get these said rails up 8 metres and then fit them on your own. So in summary the MEWP has all the said protective measures in place with no need for build. The scaffold has more risks involved in its erection phase. Training offsets a lot of these risks (PASMA Course) but looking again at risk assessment can the worker SAFELY erect the tower on their own? Of course a MEWP comes at a higher rental price than a tower but in my opinion the money spent is money saved on the time it would take to erect a tower scaffold. All this of course is based on a lone worker and all in my opinion.

Posted By Brenda H cheers all, got there now :)