Industry Guidance

The price of a good telescopic ladder is inevitably higher than some of the cheap and unsafe products, but the cost to you and to your health will be much greater if an accident occurs because of using an inferior and unsafe ladder. Download PDF … [Read more...] about Telescopic Ladders Safety Guidance – Buying/Using/Maintaining

Ladders and stepladders are not banned under health and safety law. In fact they can be a sensible and practical option for low-risk, short- duration tasks. This guidance is for employers on the simple, sensible precautions they should take to keep people safe when using ladders and stepladders in the workplace. This will also be useful for employees and their … [Read more...] about Safe Use of Ladders and Stepladders a Brief Guide INDG455

Introduction This brief guide describes what you, as an employer, need to do to protect your employees from falls from height. It will also be useful to employees and their representatives. Following this guidance is normally enough to comply with the Work at Height Regulations 2005 (WAHR). You are free to take other action, except where the guidance says you must do … [Read more...] about Working at Height a Brief Guide INDG401

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Working on a roof can be dangerous. Falls account for more deaths and serious injuries in construction than anything else and roofers account for 24% – the biggest category of worker by far – of those people who are killed in all falls from height. Any fall from a roof inevitably involves at least a serious injury. The risks are substantial, however long or short the work. … [Read more...] about Working On Roofs INDG284