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Working at Height Toolkit - Introduction
Introduction
The Health and Safety Executive has worked for over two decades to reduce the number of fatalities and life changing injuries caused by falls from a height. The purpose of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 is to prevent death and injury caused by a fall from height.
It is important to reflect that a person may be injured by typically falling from a piece of equipment, such as a ladder; falling from an unprotected edge such as the side of an excavation; or falling through a surface which cannot support their weight. An associated hazard for others nearby is being struck by a falling object which is often equipment or materials being used at height.
To manage this risk, the employer must consider four aspects to identify the situations where this may occur:
- The task being undertaken
- The equipment or materials involved
- The environment
- The competence of the person doing the work
‘Work at height’ means ‘work in any place where, if there were no precautions in place, a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury’.
For example, a person is working at height if they:
- are working on a ladder or a flat roof
- could fall through a fragile surface
- could fall into an opening in a floor or a hole in the ground
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