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Posted By peter gotch
Hi All,
There's a rumour starting to spread around the North East that the use of rigger boots on construction sites is no longer legal.
The rationale appears to be the lack of ankle support, and thence ankle injuries.
This could of course have emanated from an individual employers' review of a series of accidents and thence a risk assessment concluding that lace up safety footwear should be used...probably with the implication that safety wellies are also out of favour.
Can anyone shed some more light on this one?
Regards, Peter
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Posted By Martyn Hendrie
Hi Peter,
It is a new one on me and I find the idea that the use of rigger boots would be made illegal highly unlikely .
I can see a logic in a risk assessment identifying rigger boots as "not suitable in some situations."
However, the same could be said of ordinary boots in situations such as work over/near water, where the rigger boot is easier to take of should anyone fall into the water.
Personally I have used rigger boots for some years now and have yet to find a situation (other than wading in water) where I conclude that they were not suitable.
Regards
Martyn Hendrie
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Posted By Bob Randall
Hi Peter,
Use of rigger's boots or any other specific type of PPE would not be "illegal" in the sense that it would be a breach of any statutory provision in and of itself. However if rigger's boots are issued and prove to be inappropriate, and an injury results, there would be scope for enforcement action by the Enforcing Authority who would be likely to invoke the HASAW Act Section 2.1 and the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations.
It's all down to "suitable and sufficient" risk assessment.
Hope this helps.
Bob Randall
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