WORKING AT HEIGHT


Guess Who’s Back


T his year’s L adder E x change got underway earlier this week on 1 st


S eptemb er, as people and b usinesses took the chance to trade in their old and potentially ‘ dodgy’ ladders for discounted new ones, at trade-in partners across the 


During the  rst month of this years campaign, the L adder A ssociation is focused on promoting training and safe use by the people using ladders Regulations state that people using ladders must be competent, and this year’s new H S E guidance notes that training ( such as those courses which prov ided b y the L adder A ssociation) can help prove this competence


Cameron Clow, the L adder


A ssociation’s Chairman, said: “ We’re dev oting a month of the L adder


E x change to promoting safe use, so that ev eryone knows that the guidance and training they need is available ou dont have to be orking in construction to bene t  even occasional users in retail, for ex ample, have a course tailored to them


S afe ladder use will also b e promoted b y ‘ I diots on L adders’ – the online contest which is b ack once again to run alongside the E x change


this year he public is asked to take pictures of dangerous or foolish ladder use and send them in to the adder ssociation


T he ‘ I diots on L adders’ contest is part of a two-pronged push to help ensure that ladder users are safe While the adder


E x change takes unsafe equipment out of circulation, ‘ I diots on L adders’ looks at the role of people using the euipment eld on the adder


A ssociation’s F aceb ook page, pictures sent in b y the pub lic are added to an alb um and the one with the most ‘ likes’ at the end of the L adder E x change in D ecemb er is crowned this year’s biggest diot on a adder


Cameron added: “ Most people these days understand what makes ladder use safe or unsafe or to years now we hav e b een running the ‘ I diots on L adders’ contest, and each time pictures have come fl ooding in


T hat shows that the pub lic knows when people are doing something on a ladder they shouldn’t, and are shocked b y it, b ut it also shows that misusing a ladder is far too common


T he L adder E x change 2 0 1 4 will focus on a different facet of ladder safety during each of its four months


* Y ou can send your pictures to the L adder A ssociation’s F aceb ook page or email them to michael.fern@ladderassociation.org.uk


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The 2014 Ladder Exchange has gotten off to a flying start this month, and once again, the Ladder Association are emphasising safe use and proper training by bringing back their ‘Idiots on Ladders’ contest.


S eptemb er’s emphasis on ensuring that those working on ladders are as safe and well trained as possib le, will


b e followed b y adv ice on inspecting ladders, stories from people who hav e


b een personally affected b y falls from height, and a speci c look at using ladders in the home – something hich many people do for the  rst time all year in the lead up to hristmas


G uidance on using a ladder safely has rarely b een as simple and up-to- date as it is this year, with the H S E releasing a ne simpli ed guidance document D Safe use of ladders and stepladders – A b rief guide’ is av ailab le to download free from the H S E web site’s work at height section ips on using ladders


– from inspections to using them at work and in the home – are av ailab le from the L adder E x change web site, where people and companies can also  nd out here to trade in their old ladders for ne ones his years


E x change runs from 1 st S eptemb er until st December


www.ladderex change.org.uk


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