1. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Some key issues of the Work at Height Regulations and what we need to consider.

2. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Construction – Fatal Accidents Machinery 2.1% Struck By 13.3% Trip 0.3% Transport 11.1% Handling 0.5%Collapse 10.3% Substance 0.3% Electricity 5.8% Walk Into 0.3% Other 4.2% High Fall 47.5% Other Fall 4.2%

3. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk A Look Back Total Deaths in % Change in a Decade UK Construction 1953248 19632470% Factories Act & Construction Regs 19732316% 198311849% HASW Act 1974 19939122% 2003 7022% CDM 1994 2013???? Work@Height Regs

4. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk The Working at Height Regulations 2005

5. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk What is Work at Height? Any workplace at height; at, above or below ground level where persons could be injured if they were to fall Could also be access (entry) and egress (exit) to that place

6. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk What is Work at Height? Erecting false/formwork Working from ladders Working on formwork within an excavation Working adjacent to open excavations Working from bandstands

7. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk What is NOT Work at Height? Walking up/down stairs Working in upper floors of offices or cabins Machine operators, in their seats Sitting in a chair

8. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Who Needs to Comply? Employers Self Employed Employees Controllers of the way Work at Height is undertaken (Principal Contractors, Clients, Contractors)

9. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Key Points Work at Height – Hierarchy Avoid Prevent Reduce

10. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Key Points Select correct work equipment Select collective fall prevention measures (Work platforms, guardrails) Collective distance mitigation (Airbags, nets) Personal distance mitigation (Fall restraint, arrest)

11. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk What do the Regs Require? Plan and organise all work at height Personnel working at height to be competent Assess risks from working at height Select and use appropriate work equipment Control risks from fragile surfaces Inspect and maintain equipment used in work at height

12. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Planned?

13. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Planned?

14. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk PLANNED/RIGHT EQUIPMENT/COMPETENT ?

15. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk PLANNED/RIGHT EQUIPMENT/COMPETENT ?

16. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk What Causes Accidents? Over 60% of fatal accidents are attributable, to some extent, to decisions taken before starting 35% design 28% planning

17. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk What is COMPETENCE? The experience, knowledge and appropriate qualifications to enable workers to identify risks arising from a situation and the measures needed to be taken

18. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Therefore: - Train workers in work at height: - MEWP operators Net riggers Consider formal training on safe work procedures when working at height, not just on-the-job training

19. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Risk Assessment Approach Identify work at height hazards Who will be at risk; and how? Evaluate risks: Are you doing enough? Do you need to do more? Record and review

20. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Risk Assessment Approach Consider the: - Activity and equipment to be used Duration and location; consider hazards Environment (weather, lighting) Existing work surfaces (condition, stability) Physical capabilities of workforce (vertigo sufferers)

21. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk What You Need to Work at Height? Plan in advance, consider selection and use of work equipment Supervision Weather conditions Emergency/rescue procedures

22. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Work Platforms? A work platform is now defined as: - Virtually any surface from which work is carried out, such as a roof, scaffold platform, MEWP, or the treads of a stepladder

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24. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk

25. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Air mats in domestic housing sector

26. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Hierarchy of Control Duty holders must: - Avoid work at height where possible Use work equipment or other measures to prevent falls during work at height Where the risk of a fall cannot be eliminated, use work equipment or other measures to minimise the distance and consequences of a fall

27. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Can Work at Height be Avoided? Consider the activity Can you modify? E.g. Erect guardrails on false work at ground level, Work from underneath, Assemble at ground level then lift into place

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29. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Working at Height Control Measures Collective Measures: - Protect more than one person at any one time Passive ( no further action needed by users) Takes priority over personal measures

30. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Personal Measures: - Relies upon PPE Only protects the user Active (user must take further action for them to be effective) Working at Height Control Measures

31. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk

32. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk

33. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk

34. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk No visible damage to ladders; Unpainted - so damage is not masked; Right way up - reinforcement underneath the rungs; Standing on base of the stiles, not supported on rungs. Extending 1.1.m above and with a rung level with the platform; Secured to scaffold;

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36. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Inspection & Maintenance of Equipment Ladders to be constructed to BS 2037 (Aluminium), BS 1129 (Wood): Class 1 Industrial Standard or BS EN 131 Ladder inspections recorded on weekly time sheets Ladder tag system in place All MEWPs in use to have up to date LOLER Certificate Safety Harness Inspection procedure

37. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk THINK!! 5 SECONDS OF SAFETY 1.Is what I am doing safe? 2.What could go wrong 3.Who could be Injured 4.What Improvements could be made to make the job safer 5.Consider the overall consequences if you carry on and ignore any problems identified IF IN DOUBT, STOP! Seek Assistance/Advice

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39. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk Summary 1.Plan the Work at Height. 2.Ensure all staff are competent to carry out the tasks assigned to them. 3.Consider using the Risk Assessment approach. 4.Select the appropriate work equipment. 5.Control the risks. 6.Ensure all Work at Height equipment is inspected and maintained & relevant documentation is up to date.

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42. OHS Safe in the Knowledge Contact OHS on: 0800 834293 The Compliance Consultancy Health Safety and Environmental Management Delivering the vision An incident and injury free environment for all OHS clients www.ohs.co.uk