Client: KIER
Site Name: Manchester Aquatics Centre
Value: £96,000
Sector: Retail
Product Details: Aluminium Walkways, Fixed
Guardrail
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The Work at Height Regulations purpose is to prevent death and injury caused by a fall from height. It makes clear that a FULL work at height risk assessment should be carried out before working at height begins. Here you can identify hazards and ensure the right work equipment is available and right access equipment and systems are installed to offer the proper protection to workers.
Carrying out those risk assessments requires expertise to ensure the right hazards are identified and the right control measures are put in place to prevent those risks from causing issues.
At Altus Safety we can support you in carrying out working at height risk assessments to ensure you get it right the first time. Contact our experienced team today and we’ll work out how we can help you.
The Working at Height regulations apply to employers and anyone who instructs/contracts others to work at height. All work at height should be adequately planned and performed by competent and trained people. The correct choice of equipment is extremely important in reducing the risks involved. This equipment could be edge protection (e.g. fixed or freestanding guardrails), fall protection equipment (like skylight protection) or fall arrest systems (such as mobile man anchors or rope access equipment).
Altus Safety can provide expert assistance by means of a site survey or fall protection risk assessment which will identify issues, and then provide the best solutions to prevent accidents from occurring in the first place. This could be for any project from a current new build to an existing building, a full construction industry site build to a commercial space like a shopping centre.
Altus Safety can provide either free surveys which are suitable for relatively small areas such as single roofs or commissioned surveys which can cover large or multiple sites to ensure maximum protection. Please feel free to discuss your requirements for a working at height risk assessment with our staff.
A working at height risk assessment is the first step in protecting people:
As part of a thorough risk assessment, we will work with you to identify your specific access requirements by looking at which fall protection systems are currently in place at the moment and whether they comply/are suitable for the tasks being undertaken safely. It is also important for us to understand how often access will be needed, what the competency of users is and the number of the people accessing the areas at any one time.
Once the fall protection risk assessment has been completed, Altus Safety can provide a full report including images in an easy to understand document to inform you of our findings.
We can also include a detailed proposal of any actions that are needed, complete with information on solutions recommended, training and PPE for users, product compatibility with your building and roof, fixing details, design layouts as well as a cost estimate.
Through communication with our clients we can then help with prioritising certain aspects of works to be undertaken to suit budgets as well as offering advice on short term safety options for areas to be protected at a later date.
Our flexible approach means that we can assist with bespoke solutions to the most complex height safety problems to ensure our clients are safe and compliant at all times.
Don’t forget we can also offer fall protection testing and certification services too. We’re always keen to discuss your working at height risk assessment requirements, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
A working at height risk assessment works in exactly the same way as any other risk assessment carried out in various industries up and down the UK. Just like how a warehouse might carry out risk assessments focusing on falling objects, the use of forklifts, and heavy lifting, a work at height risk assessment focuses on all possible risks to a worker’s safety.
Often this involves looking at falls as they relate to:
Every task must be risk assessed to prevent falls and identify potential hazards. Careful examination of the area the task is being carried out is vital and each stage of the task should be properly planned and the right equipment used at each stage. We’ll explain exactly what we will do and the work carried out in detail so you’re informed at every stage.
Risk assessments should be regularly inspected to ensure relevancy. If an accident occurs, then this should also be a trigger point to re-examine your work at height tasks and the risk assessment currently in place.
A safe system is only safe if it is regularly assessed to ensure it is still the best system for the job. To protect your workers and ensure they can work safely, we advise regular reviews of your risk assessments – and minimally, once a year.
Client: KIER
Site Name: Manchester Aquatics Centre
Value: £96,000
Sector: Retail
Product Details: Aluminium Walkways, Fixed
Guardrail
Client: Bristol City Football Club
Site Name: Bristol City Football Club –
Training Ground
Value: £7,000 Sector: Sport
Product Details: Horizontal Safety Systems
Client: Berkeley Group
Site Name: Royal Arsenal Riverside
Value: £68,000 Sector: Residential
Product Details: Davit Arms & Davit Sockets,
Freestanding Guardrail
Client: Premier Modular
Site Name: Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power
Station
Value: £180,000 Sector: Infrastructure
Product Details: Freestanding Guardrail,
Horizontal Safety Systems, Fixed Access
Ladders, Anti Slip Roof Walkways
Client: BAM
Site Name: Johnny Walker Experience
Value: £25,000
Sector: Leisure
Product Details: Abseiling Anchors, Ladder Ties & Ladder Restraints, Horizontal Safety Systems, Fixed Access Ladders, Stepover Platforms Walkway, Skylight Protection
Client: mace
Site Name: Finsbury Tower, London
Value: £21,000
Sector: Commercial
Product Details: Davit Arms & Davit Sockets
