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Safety at Height HOW TO AVOID, SLIPS, TRIPS AND INJURY WHEN WORKING AT HEIGHT In order to avoid serious injury or falls when working at height, adequate training and knowledge of height safety remain critical. Below, Gurjeev Bola, Product Manager at Werner, answers the questions that installers and contractors need to know when it comes to working at height. Q: Falls from height still remain the biggest cause of workplace accidents and fatalities, what can installers do in the fight against preventing falls from height? A: What we need to remember is that these accidents occur across the whole range of working at height projects, from the simplest repairs to large-scale construction jobs. More than half of the fall-from-height deaths in the construction industry are roof-work-related. With this in mind, installers have to ensure that the proper measures are in place to protect not only workers themselves, but also members of the public. Before using any working at height equipment, a risk assessment must be carried out, and this will highlight any risks and ensure that the relevant measures to mitigate these are in place. An adequate risk assessment should include: • Looking at the site for any potential hazards associated with falling from height • Deciding how certain hazards will affect the user and surrounding people • Considering the risks, are there measures in place to deal with these risks? • Record the findings and regularly review them. If any changes occur, ensure you have the precautions in place to deal with these risks. Q: What is the importance of planning when working at height and what needs to be done? A: Planning is vital to ensure safety in any working at height scenario, from short-duration minor work to major projects. Employers and those in control of any work at height activity must make sure work is properly planned, supervised and carried out by competent people. This includes using the right type of equipment for working at height. As part of this planning process, you must follow the hierarchy set out in the Work at Height Regulations 2005 to make sure that risks are controlled so far as is reasonably practicable. This hierarchy of measures must be followed systematically and only when one level is not reasonably practicable may the next level down be considered. Continued on page 78 76 T I MAY <strong>2022</strong> PRACTICAL CONTENT FOR THE GLAZING INSTALLER & HOME IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST
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