Posted By Whojoe Regulation 6 (3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 requires that 'where work is carried out at height, every employer shall take suitable and sufficient measures to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, any person falling a distance liable to cause personal injury'. Most people would agree that if a person were to fall from a 1.5m high platform, some kind of personal injury would result. Assuming that work has to take place from the platform, you would be expected to provide suitable and sufficient edge protection to prevent a fall occuring ie: by using tube and fit scaffolding or a suitably protected trestle system (if you have a firm, level surface on which to place the trestels). Protected trestle systems are now widely avaiable (see http://www.langtonsftcg.co.uk/trestlet.html for an example).

Posted By Kenneth Patrick Yes the work platform, zip up scaffold type/ podium steps

Posted By CFT Kenneth Yes; No. Sorry, can't expand on it much really. CFT