Working at Height

Principles & Rope Rescue

IntroductionAndrew Kelly

MD - SWAT International Ltd

SWAT International Ltd

Working at Height Contractor - Since 2016

Traditional Steeplejacks

Rope Access Contractor

Projects

Working at Height

Working at Height Regulations 2005

Health & Safety at Work Act - 1974

Working at Height Regulations 2005

Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER)

Providing and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER)

Construction (Design & Management) Regulations (CDM)

Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations

Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations

BS EN 7985 - Code of practice for the use of rope access methods for industrial purposes

BSEN 12811 - Temporary Works Equipment

BS 5975:2008 - Code of Practice for Temporary Works Procedures and Permissible Stress design of Falsework

the list continues…….

Further Reading / Reference

The Association of Technical Lightning & Access Specialists (ATLAS)

Various Guidance Notes

Industrial Rope Access Trade Association - IRATA

International Code of Practice (ICOP)

The Work at Height Safety Association (washa)

Manufactures of Height Safety Equipment - Guidance Notes

Specialist Access Engineering & Maintenance Association (SAEMA)

Guidance Notes

National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC)

Various Technical Guides (20) and Safety Guides (4)

NFRC, HSE, CITB, GWO, NATIONAL GRID………

Working at Height Regulations 2005

Working at Height Regulations 2005

Working at Height Regulations 2005

Working at Height Regulations 2005

Working at Height Regulations 2005

Organisation and planning

4.—(1) Every employer shall ensure that work at height is—

. (a)  properly planned;

. (b)  appropriately supervised; and

. (c)  carried out in a manner which is so far as is reasonably practicable safe,

and that its planning includes the selection of work equipment in accordance with regulation 7.

The purpose of WAHR is to prevent death and injury from a fall from height.

Working at Height - A brief Guide Health & Safety Executive - INDG401(Rev2)

Working at Height Regulations 2005

Principles

Competence

5. Every employer shall ensure that no person engages in any activity, including organisation, planning and supervision, in relation to work at height or work equipment for use in such work unless he is competent to do so or, if being trained, is being supervised by a competent person.

Avoidance of risks from work at height

6.

(1) In identifying the measures required by this regulation, every employer shall take

account of a risk assessment under regulation 3 of the Management Regulations.

(2) Every employer shall ensure that work is not carried out at height where it is reasonably practicable to carry out the work safely otherwise than at height.

(3) Where work is carried out at height, every employer shall take suitable and sufficient measures to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, any person falling a distance liable to cause personal injury.

Selection of work equipment for work at height7.—(1) Every employer, in selecting work equipment for use in work at height, shall—

(a) (b)

give collective protection measures priority over personal protection measures; and take account of—

(i) the working conditions and the risks to the safety of persons at the place where the work equipment is to be used;

(ii) in the case of work equipment for access and egress, the distance to be negotiated;

(iii) the distance and consequences of a potential fall;

(iv)  the duration and frequency of use;

(v)  the need for easy and timely evacuation and rescue in an emergency;

(vi)  any additional risk posed by the use, installation or removal of that work equipment or by evacuation and rescue from it; and

(vii)  the other provisions of these Regulations.

Working at Height Regulations 2005

Working at Height Regulations 2005

Falling objects

10.—(1) Every employer shall, where necessary to prevent injury to any person, take suitable and sufficient steps to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, the fall of any material or object.

(2) Where it is not reasonably practicable to comply with the requirements of paragraph (1), every employer shall take suitable and sufficient steps to prevent any person being struck by any falling material or object which is liable to cause personal injury.

. Before working at height you must work through these simple steps:

▪ avoid work at height where it is reasonably practicable to do so;

▪ where work at height cannot be avoided, prevent falls using either an existing place of work that is already safe or the right type of equipment;

▪ minimise the distance and consequences of a fall, by using the right type of equipment where the risk cannot be eliminated.

What does all this mean?

. You should:

• do as much work as possible from the ground;

• ensure workers can get safely to and from where they work at height;

• ensure equipment is suitable, stable and strong enough for the job, maintained and checked regularly;

• make sure you don’t overload or overreach when working at height;

• take precautions when working on or near fragile surfaces;

• provide protection from falling objects;

• consider your emergency evacuation and rescue procedures.

Good & Bad Examples

Working at Height in Practice

Working at Height Regulations 2005IRATA International code of practice for industrial rope access

Part 1 of 5: Foreword, Introduction, Scope, Structure, Terms and definitions, Principles and controls

1.4 Principles and controlThe essential elements of a safe system of work include:-

a)  proper planning and management;

b)  the use of trained, competent persons;

c)  good supervision;

d)  the careful selection of appropriate equipment;

e)  proper care, maintenance and inspection of equipment;

f)  proper control of working methods, including:

(i)  provision for emergencies;

(ii)  the protection of third parties;

(iii) the use of work equipment;

(iv) exclusion zones.

IRATA - ICOP - Redirect

Rope Rescue Systems

Rope Rescue Systems

Raise the alarm

Preserve Life - Casualty & Others

Fast & Efficient

Recover Casualty to a Common Area

Apply First Aid - Trained Operatives

Emergency Services

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