WORKING AT HEIGHT


Even the lightest and smallest tools dropped from the top of a building could cause serious damage and cost a company greatly in terms of lost productivity, potential compensation claims, employee morale, financial implications of an investigation, loss of reputation, higher insurance premiums and even the possibility of a prosecution.


“BEING STRUCK BY A MOVING OBJECT CAUSED A QUARTER OF MAJOR INJURIES AND 14 DEATHS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO BEING STRUCK BY AN OBJECT.”


Fortunately, the implementation of guidelines, advances in tool safety, and investment in campaigns to increase awareness of the risks of working at height has seen the number of injuries in recent years reduce.


Snap-on Industrial understands that working at height is one of the most dangerous activities that can be undertaken during construction, installation, maintenance and repair operations so developed its Tools@ Height safety system to meet the ever growing demands for safe, high performance tools. Comprising over 1,000 tools, the system is used across many different sectors including aviation, communication, oil, gas, nuclear, wind, utilities and many other industrial sectors. This provides reliable tool retention whatever the working or weather conditions, ensuring secure transportation of tools to and from their point of use and also the effective control of tools when not in service.


Snap-on also has a range of safety lanyards and tool pouches, designed to complement its expanding portfolio of tools and deliver the very best in safety, reliability and ergonomics.


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10 MOST COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS WHEN WORKING WITH TOOLS AT HEIGHT


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There are no laws for working at height. The Working at Height regulations applies to all trades where there is risk of a fall liable to


cause personal injury whilst working in any place, including a place at or below ground level.


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A tethered tool system will interfere with how I work. Not with a correctly developed and engineered system.


I can adapt the tool myself. What are you drilling into? The tool or through a protective covering? How strong is your tether for the


individual tool? Will it work? Safety should be front of mind and primary consideration, only second to — am I using the best tool to reduce the amount of time exposed to working at height?


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I can use the same tether for every tool. Incorrect, dependent on the product, its weight and application, you should use different tethers


for safety and comfort. Ideally you should use a system which advises the best tether/tool combination.


I work on a site where we have nets and toe boards in place to prevent a dropped tools, therefore I don’t need tethered tools. Any


tool has the possibility of defeating those safety measures, and continue to fall to the ground. Tethering a tool to you or to a bag/pouch is the safest and correct way of working with tools at height.


I’m a bricklayer, I don’t need to tether a tool. Every trade working at height needs to employ a safe system. It’s the responsibility of every employer, employee and the self-employed individual to use a safe system.


All tethered systems are the same. Incorrect, all use a tether but how they are made and tested will differ. Question whether they


are fully-tested and carry a certification of product integrity. It’s your responsibility to make sure the system you are using will work to the standard the law requires.


The tethered tooling systems don’t supply the tools I need. The Tools @ Height system has over 1,000 commonly used tools across a


multitude of trades and additional solutions can be readily engineered to conform to the same standards.


It won’t happen to me, I know what I’m doing, and I’ve been doing it for years without an incident. Anyone working at height needs to


employ a safe system as legislated in The Working at Height Regulations 2005. It’s your responsibility to work safely, what if someone tripped into you and you lost control of the tool you were using, or your hands slipped on the tool as a result of the weather or working conditions?


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I know how to use a tethered system. Do you? Are you aware of how to use the system correctly? Maintain it? Do you know how


to check for product integrity if you inadvertently drop it or damage it? Is there a training programme available to ensure that you do know how to use your working at height tools?


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