Posted By Robert Woods Is there a possibility of providing temporary fencing or repairing the container under a point that is suitable to attach a harness? Robert Woods.

Posted By Nigel Lusby You are right to be concerned about the risk. I worked for a company where a worker carrying out similar work, fell from the top of a container and died from his injuries. You could empty the container and turn it on its side, or use a MEWP or cherry picker, or suspend fall arrestors from a crane over the container (isolate it correctly). I also remember seeing a product advertised in the SHP that was some sort of clip on railing specifically for container tops...Cant remember specifics, maybe somebody else has seen it? Depending on your circumstances I guess there are a variety of things you could use, maybe rope access. Its better to have a structured approach than allow your workers to use an opportunistic policy and run over the tops, by structured I mean a method of identifying containers that need repair and moving them to an area where they can be repaired, where the necessary equipment is to protect the people on top(scaffolding etc), and those around it. Regards Nigel

Posted By Nick Higginson There is an interesting article in September's Practitioner about the hierarchial approach to working at height. Nick