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Safe Systems of Work - Safe Use of Ladders and Stepladders
Introduction
When an employer engages an employee to work for them they become responsible for the health and safety of the employee. The employer has influence over all aspects of the work from providing the equipment; defining the task, selecting the people and the environment where the task takes place.
Falls from height are one of the biggest causes of workplace fatalities and major injuries. In 2022/23 there were 135 workplace fatalities, with 40 deaths attributed to falls from height.
Recent prosecutions by the Health and Safety Executive continue to emphasise, in particular, the failure of organisations to successfully manage working at height.
Civil claims are typically successful due to the failure of organisations to provide enough evidence to show that they had effective systems in place to make sure employees could safely use the ladders and stepladders.
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