37º IAHS World Congress on Housing: - Universidad de Cantabria

XXXVII <strong>IAHS</strong><strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> on HousingOctober 26 – 29, 2010, Santander, SpainCODE: 1063STUDY OF TEMPORARY EDGE PROTECTION SYSTEMSUSING DIFFERENT STANDARDSCobo Escamilla. Alfonso 1 ; González García, M. Nieves 21 Department of Building Tecnology2 Department of Architectonic Constructions and its ControlPolytechnic University of Madride-mail: alfonso.cobo@upm.esKey words: safety, guardrails, evaluation methods, fall protection, construction sitesAbstractThe risk of fall in height represents the major cause of accidents in the construction sector,both nationally and internationally. One of the most effective measures to prevent this risk isthe use of Temporary Edge Protection Systems (TEPS).Nevertheless, it results significant that the regulations governing this type of protection differsconsiderably from country to country both in the geometric and mechanical requirements.In this paper, after a review of international standards relating to TEPS have been obtainedanalytically the dimensions of TEPS using the most significant standards comparing theobtained results.37º <strong>IAHS</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> On Housing Science 374