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Health&safety advisor works on 3 storey scaffold in 65mph winds
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#1 Posted : 08 February 2007 22:00:00(UTC)
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Posted By Brian Thompson
Does anyone know what the wind limit is when working on scaffolding?
I think i was told 17 mph. Well a few weeks ago when we had gale force winds of upto 100mph my companies main health and safety guy was showing site agents and subbies how to hoist a upvc window with double glazing to the third floor on a scaffold. The winds must have been 65mph that afternoon. I would have said something but being a joiner employee studying the nebosh general certificate he would probably have said you don't know what your talking about.
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#2 Posted : 08 February 2007 22:55:00(UTC)
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Posted By Mark Ellis
Hi Brian, could you give some more detail in the operation; specific lifting method etc. Did you think there was unacceptable risk involved ? was the lifting operation successful, did you express your concerns to your foreman/supervisor?
Mark.
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#3 Posted : 09 February 2007 00:23:00(UTC)
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Posted By Steve Clark
Brian,

the National Access and Scaffold Confederation (www.nasc.org.uk) would be my starting point.

Steve Clark CMIOSH
R&D SG: Chair Transport & Distribution Committee
http://www.iosh.co.uk/in...=specialist.news&sgid=13
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