It is about time the statutory provisions of the Work at Height Regulations were adhered to with regard to working platforms. All my efforts to invent and create a product that makes a working platform safer are thwarted by many with cost ruling the day. Cost comprimising safety is prevalent. Perception of risk reduces into insignificance when a pound note is looming. Increasingly I hear of accident reports of falling objects from working platforms, all of which are easily preventable. Gaps are only allowed on working platforms where a suitable and sufficient risk assessment identifies there is no risk ??

I agree with you John.
I am of the belief that contractors also have a set mind with regard to access methods. "this is how we have always carried out this task so why should we re-assess the situation".
Sometimes a little extra time, thought and money can prevent the thing we all dread.