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18/05/2012
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Safe Working at Height
Mark Denvir
ARCH
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NI Statistics
• 2009-2010 extremely low fatality statistics
• Falls from height still the 3rd leading cause of fatalities in Northern Ireland
• 12 fatalities over past 5 years
• Significant cause of injury
• 31% of all reported injuries in 2009-2010
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UK Statistics 09/10
FATAL MAJOR INJURY +3 DAY INJURY TOTAL
SLIP, TRIPS AND FALLS – SAME LEVEL
4 10,561 23,088 33,653
<2M FALLS 5 2963 4825 7793
>2M FALLS 12 475 295 783
UNKNOWN HEIGHT
5 762 1156 1923
TOTAL 26 14,761 29,365 44,152
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Regulations
• Work at Height Regulation 2005 – Amended 2007
• Establishes framework for safe working at height
• Hierarchy of control
• Removal of 2 metre rule
• Revoked regulation 13(1) to (4) of the Welfare regulation (fixed ladders)
• Incident trend on decline since adoption of the regulation
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• Work at height means:
– Working or accessing any place, including a place at or below ground level where a fall could result in injury
– Does not include stairways in a permanent workplace
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Hierarchy of Control
1. Avoid work at height
2. Carry out work from an existing place of work
3. Work equipment which prevents a fall
4. Work equipment which minimises the height and consequences of a fall
5. Work equipment which minimises the consequences of a fall
6. Information, training and supervision
7. Collective protection before personal protection
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Avoid Work at height
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Existing Safe Place of Work
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Equipment for Preventing Falls
Collective Personal
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Minimise height and consequences
Collective Personal
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Minimise Consequences
Collective Personal
>2 metre fall distance
Lifejackets
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Training, Information and Supervision
• Ladders have not been banned
• Work must be:
– Short duration
– Light duty
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Equipment
• Users must receive suitable and sufficient training on use care and inspection of equipment
• Work at height equipment should undergo a thorough exam by a competent person every 6 months
• Textile items used in a arduous environment: 3 months (building sites as per HSE)
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Rescue
• If using a fall arrest system you must have a rescue plan
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Suspension Intolerance
• What is suspension intolerance?
• Casualty needs to be brought to the ground as quickly as possible
• Waiting for the fire brigade is not sufficient
• 2009 HSE report covers first aid guidance
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Rope Access
• Can provide a very safe way of carrying out work at height
• Important to understand the standards for rope access
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IRATA • Extensive training
• Qualified supervision
• International code of practice
• Only globally recognised standard
• Logged experience
• Quality audits for member companies
• Reportable incident rate of 4 per 100,000hrs
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BS7985:2002
• Based on IRATA guidelines
• Widely misinterpreted and misapplied
• No external quality audits
• Not intended to be a training standard
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Questions from HSE
• Do you have employees working at height?
• How do you manage work at height?
• Do you have a working at height policy?
• Do your employees have suitable and sufficient training to work at height and use equipment?
• If you are using fall arrest systems, do you have a rescue plan?
– 999 is not suitable and sufficient
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