1. Health and Safety Manual Section F9 Working at Height

2. Height  A place from which a person may fall and be injured, even if at or below ground level.  Includes:  roofs, bridges and other elevated structures  ladders, stepladders, platforms, scaffolds, etc  ground level, next to an excavation  work near to fragile materials  erecting scaffolding

3. Standards Risk assessment needed, covering:  The work activity  Work equipment to be used  Duration of the work  Location of the work  Specific hazards – power lines, services, excavations, height above 2 metres

4. Standards  Environment – weather, lighting, etc.  Condition and stability of existing work surfaces, flooring, steps, slopes  The physical capability of the workers – health, fitness, pregnancy, vertigo, etc.  All stages of the work – inc. installing, using, dismantling, potential rescue, etc.  Training needs.

5. Risk Controls  Proper planning  Competent people  Appropriate work equipment  Avoiding work at height  Collective fall prevention  Collective fall arrest  Personal fall protection

6. Ladders  Ladders should only be considered where a risk assessment has shown that the use of other more suitable work equipment is not appropriate, because of:  low risk  short duration  light work  considerations of where the work is located  a ladder register must be maintained