WORKSHIP EQUIPMENT & RAIL DEPOTS
W High risk
orking at a height may expose operators
to particularly severe risks to their health and safety, notably the risks of falls from a height and other serious occupational accidents, which account for a large proportion of all accidents, especially of fatal accidents.
As a consequence the European Council Directive 2001/45/EC concerning minimum safety and health requirements for the use of equipment for work at height has been enacted into legislation by all the member states. Some key elements from the published information regarding the background to the European Parliament’s deliberations are as follows:
“Any employer who intends to have work carried out at a height
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must select equipment affording adequate protection against the risks of falls from a height.”
“If work at a height cannot be carried out safely and under appropriate ergonomic conditions from a suitable surface, the work equipment most suitable to ensure and maintain safe working conditions must be selected.
“Collective protection measures must be given priority over personal protection measures. The dimensions of the work equipment must be appropriate to the nature of the work to be
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performed and to the foreseeable stresses and allow passage without danger.”
“Ladders may be used as work stations for work at a height only under circumstances in which the use of other, safer work equipment is not justified because of the low level of risk and either the short duration of use or existing features on site
that the employer cannot alter.”
For suitable alternative options you need look no further than the range of solutions supplied by C & S Equipment Ltd of Wingrave, Bucks.
Their LIFTMANTM and WALL-
MAN® products enable safe and efficient working at height to be accomplished all day, every day.
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