Work at Height Regulations 2005 Health and Safety Executive.
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Work at Height
Regulations 2005
Health and Safety Executive
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Summary
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 (WAHR)
• Background
• Scope
• Managing risks from work at height
• Selecting the right equipment
• Other Requirements
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• Biggest cause of workplace fatalities
• 35 fatal incidents in 2008/09 and a total of 421 since 2001
• Cause of 4589 major injuries 2008/09
• 87% of all major injuries are caused by ‘low falls’ (i.e below 2 mtrs)
Background: Statistics
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• The WAHR came into effect on 6 April 2005
• They consolidate all the earlier regulations about working at height and implement European Council Directive 2001/45/EC. (the Temporary Work at Height Directive).
• Challenge to communicate the WAHR message effectively as there has been confusion over the ‘2m’ rule
Background: History
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• The WAHR also revoked the earlier construction regulations which specified the "2 metre rule“
• The WAHR place a duty on the dutyholder:
‘Where work has to be carried out at height, then the dutyholder shall take suitable and sufficient measures to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, any person falling a distance liable to cause personal injury’
• This duty recognises that injury can occur from a fall of any height, not just from above 2 metres.
Background: The ‘2m’ rule
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• Scope
• Risk (assessment / organisation / planning)
• Hierarchy (avoid – prevent – minimise)
• Select the right work equipment
• Other precautions
• Key messages
The Regulations: Overview
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• Work at height means work in any place, including at or below ground level, where a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury.
• This includes access to and egress from that place of work.
• Does not include stairways or slips or trips on the level
Scope: What is work at height?
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• Covers all industries: e.g. construction, agriculture, manufacturing, retail, maintenance,warehouse etc; but not those paid to lead or train climbing and caving
• Duty holders are:
• employers;
• self-employed; and
• those in control of people at work, to the extent of their control
Scope: What Sectors are covered?
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Work at height should be• Properly planned
• Appropriately supervised
• Not carried out if weather conditions jeopardise health and safety
Those working at height should be• competent or if being trained
supervised by a competent person
Organisation, Planning, Competence
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• Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at work Regulations
• Do a risk assessment
Risk Assessment
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Avoid work at height
• if you don’t have to go up there DON’T!
Prevent falls • use an existing place or means of access
• Use the most suitable way of working
• Select the most suitable equipment
Avoid - Prevent - Minimise
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Minimise the distance and consequences
• Minimise the consequences
• Take other measures to prevent injury eg instruction, information and training
Avoid – Prevent - Minimise
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Select the right work equipment
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• Collective protection before personal protection
• Select guardrails/working platforms before personal fall prevention (eg work restraint)
• Select nets/airbags before personal fall arrest
Select the right work equipment
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• Working conditions
• Access and Egress
• Distance and consequences of a fall
• Duration and frequency of use/task
• Ease of rescue/evacuation
• Risk of use, installation and removal of equipment
Select the right work equipment
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Types of Work Equipment
• Guardrails
• Working platforms (scaffolds/MEWPS etc)
• Nets/Airbags
• Personal Fall Protection systems
• Ladders
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LADDERS USE
• Risk assessment must justify use;• Low risk,• Short duration,• Or Site conditions dictate
• Follow good practice
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Examples of Work Equipment.
Avoiding work at height
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Collective Prevention.
M.E.W.P
Scaffolding
Edge protection
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Nets
Air bags
Collective Fall arrest
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Personal Fall Arrest
Fall Arrest
Work Positioning
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Other Requirements
• Avoid risks from Fragile Surfaces
• Prevent Falling Objects
• Warn about Danger Areas
• Inspect work equipment
• Persons at work should• Follow instructions and training• Advise employer of hazards/risks to
health and safety
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Communication
• What HSE have done
• What HSE would like you to do
• How will HSE know if they are getting it right?
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• If you follow good practice you should be doing enough to comply
• Do a risk assessment, plan and organise your work properly
• Follow the hierarchy: avoid – prevent – minimise
• Choose the right equipment - select collective protection before personal
• Guide supported by Industry Specific Guidance.
KEY MESSAGES