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Posted By Robert Fisher
Instead of reinventing the wheel has anyone developed a simple risk assessment detailing the hierachy of controls for working at height. As I said, a simple arrangement is necessary for this to be effective in the workplace i.e a brief description of the work at height, hierachy of control based on the regs, with a conclusion for effective control. Any suggestions would be gladly appreciated. I'm looking at issuing something to building contractors to use. No fancy stuff please, remeber these are contractors and dont like paper work. "Simple and effective".
Many thanks
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Posted By Nick Higginson
Robert
Not that I wish to be disrespectful, but if you ask for something for free it seems a little cheeky to stipulate the form it should take?
Surely any help would be useful, and then you can tailor it to meet your needs?
Beggars can't be choosers.
Kind regards
Nick
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Posted By Mustafa Megrahi
I wonder if I could have an idea of the case study.
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Posted By Philip McAleenan
Robert,
you may already have the wheel.
If you have carried out risk assessments for work at heights and have in place effective controls that eliminate the need for working at heights or prevent workers from falling if elimination is not possible, then your current system may meet the requirements of the new regs.
A read through the regs. and a comparisson with what you do now to see if any modifications are required and there you are.
The point to remember is that the principles of risk assessment are not changed by new and additional regulations. Look at your work operations, determine what is required to ensure a successful (and safe) outcome, put the controls in place and review periodically.
Regards, Philip
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Posted By Al..
On their website the HSE say “those following good practice for work at height now should already be doing enough to comply with these Regulations.” Also worth noting that the HSE have only produced a short free leaflet to accompany the Regulations rather than more detailed guidance. All this sends the message (to me anyway) that these Regulations were not introduced because the HSE felt them necessary, it was because Brussels required them. I feel that if you were satisfied with your conrtrols for work at height before 6th April 2005, you should be satisfied with them now and nothing extra needs to be done.
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Posted By Ron Hunter
You may be missing the point a bit?
What has your organisation/employer/controller of premises done to eliminate or reduce the risk to others (i.e. the contractor) when you ask him to work at height?
Have you done all that is reasonably practicable to build in features to prevent falls or at least mitigate the effects, where it remains necessary to ask people to work at height?
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Posted By David AB Thomas
Refer to the HSE Website:
Question and answer brief for the construction industry on
the Work at Height Regulations 2005, http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/pdf/fallsqa.pdf
The Work at Height Regulations 2005, A brief guide, http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg401.pdf
Finally, comprehensive advice will be available shortly in BS 8437, 'Code of practice for the selection, use and maintenance of personal fall protection equipment and systems for use in the workplace'.
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Posted By Ken Taylor
The principles in HSG33 (for roofwork) tend to apply for our site-specific risk assessments.
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