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Posted By gaz
I work for an NHS trust and some of our staff work in a converted old three storey detached residential dwelling that has been turned into a clinic. Staff who are based there are office workers as well as providing services i.e. baby clinic, poditry etc.
The staircase has only got one handrail,can anyone please tell me wether there is a legislative requirement to provide two handrails and is there a minium or maximum height that guardrails should be.
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Posted By Charley Farley-Trelawney
Gaz
It very much depends on the width and general construction; it may be a building regulation issue as well, if you can let me know the width and construction I can give you more information.
Charles
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Posted By steven bentham
Building Regs (the versions vary depending upon which part of the British Isles) contain a requirement for public areas and where children will have access to have a maximum opening between horizontal rails of 100 mm.
Standards do vary on construction sites - as children and public have no access.
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Posted By Brian Hagyard
Regulation 12(5) of the Workplace (health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 states that “Suitable and sufficient handrails and, if appropriate, guards shall be provided on all traffic routes which are staircases….”
Paragraph 100 of the associated guidance suggests that suitable means – “on at least one side of every staircase…..” And that “Handrails should be provided on both sides if there is a particular risk of falling, for example where stairs are heavily used, or are wide, or have narrow treads, or where they are liable to be subject to spillages.”
If your situation matches any of these points you may need to consider an additional had rail as part of your risk assessment.
Brian.
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Posted By Ken Taylor
As a guide and based upon approved Document K, a handrail is needed on both sides where the stairs are 1m or more wide. They should be between 900mm and 1m above the pitch line or 900mm and 1100mm above the surface of the landing. If people are ascending and descending simultaneously I would also expect a risk assessment to require a second handrail. DDA considerations will also direct you towards the requirements of Approved Document M with regard to the size, position and nature of the handrail.
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