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WORKING AT HEIGHT


FEATURE SPONSOR


ROPE ACCES EQUALSSAF


Phil Turner (from Windtex Engineering Limited) shares some helpful insight into a concern that affects all businesses (not only in the wind energy industry) that have engineers working at height and how he responds as a responsible business owner to this very real risk to his workforce.


STATISTICS – CHALLENGE AHEAD


Health and Safety Executive statistics for 2013 show that 31% of fatal injuries were the result of falls at height, with an estimated 750,000 working days lost from non-fatal injuries. A total reported 5713 falls from height in the UK, (HSE - slips & trips and falls from height in Great Britain, 2013) a grim warning indicating that there remains a serious occupational Health and Safety challenge ahead.


Despite numerous campaigns designed to raise awareness about the concern, working at height still remains the most common cause of workplace fatalities/injuries in the UK, costing industry tens of millions of pounds in lost productivity, sickness pay and expensive compensation claims.


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