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BCPC Pesticide Guide
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Work at Height Regulations
Falls from height are the most common cause of fatal injury and the second most common cause of major injury to employees, accounting for around 15% of all such injuries. All industry sectors are exposed to the risks presented by this hazard although the level of incidence varies considerably.
Latest figures show that 46 people died from a fall from height at work in 2005/06. This is the lowest number on record, but falls from height remain the most common kind of accident causing fatal injuries.
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 apply to all work at height where there is a risk of a fall liable to cause personal injury. They place duties on employers, the self- employed, and any person who controls the work of others (e.g. facilities managers or building owners who may contract others to work at height) to the extent they control the work.
What is ‘work at height’?
A place is ‘at height’ if (unless the Regulations are followed) a person could be injured falling from it, even if it is at or below ground level.
‘Work’ includes moving around at a place of work (except by a staircase in a permanent workplace) but not travel to or from a place of work. For instance, a sales assistant on a stepladder would be working at height, but we would not be inclined to apply the Regulations to a mounted police officer on patrol.
The Regulations set out a simple hierarchy for
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managing and selecting equipment for work at height.
• avoid work at height where they can;
• use work equipment or other measures to prevent falls where they cannot avoid working at height; and
• where they cannot eliminate the risk of a fall, use work
equipment or other measures to minimise the distance and consequences of a fall should one occur.
The Regulations require duty holders to ensure:
• all work at height is properly planned and organised;
• all work at height takes account of weather conditions that could endanger health and safety;
• those involved in work at height are trained and competent;
• the place where work at height is done is safe;
• equipment for work at height is appropriately inspected;
• the risks from fragile surfaces are properly controlled; and
• the risks from falling objects are properly controlled.
The Regulations include schedules giving requirements for existing places of work and means of access for work at height, collective fall prevention (e.g. guardrails and working platforms), collective fall arrest (e.g. nets, airbags etc), personal fall protection (e.g. work restraints, fall arrest and rope access) and ladders.
Further information can be found at
www.hse.gov.uk/falls
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