If you work at height, whether it be once a year or multiple times a month, you have a duty to partake or provide work at height training. This is a legal duty under The Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974. It is essential that anyone who works from height is 'competent' in doing so.
Read on to find out more about work at height training and why it's important for the health and safety of yourself and your peers when working at height!
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At Safety Harness Direct, we understand and care about your safety when working at height. If you work at height frequently, you will be well aware of the dangerous risks that come with this type of work. To give you the essential information you need to safely work at height, we have compiled all of our working at height guidance into one handy guide for your convenience.
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Scaffolding safety is incredibly important. We've used our safety harness expertise to put together some scaffolding safety tips. You'll need more than a scaffolding harness to keep you safe if you are working at height. Pay attention — these safety tips might keep you safe the next time you're on site.
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When you're working at height, there are a lot of different risks that you need to consider. Working at height is precarious, and if you need to take equipment or materials up with you, then you need to work out how you can do so safely. We always recommend that you conduct a thorough risk assessment before you do any work at height. This risk assessment will allow you to identify possible dangers and put the correct safety equipment and precautions in place to minimise the risk of an accident or injury.
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MEWP is an acronym for mobile elevated work platform. In the construction industry, MEWPs are used to access hard-to-reach places such as telegraph poles and scaffolding. There's a diverse range of mobile elevated work platforms on the market, but almost all of them will require you to wear some kind of height safety equipment, such as a safety harness.
Today we're going to take a closer look at some of the most common MEWPs in the business before we delve into the types of safety equipment you should be using when you're working with a MEWP.
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