Legal Obligations
The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) target is to reduce the number of fatal and major injuries due to falls from height. Rostek-UK has forged strong links with the HSE and is fully informed of the duties placed on those responsible for work at height – information we are ideally placed to pass on to clients.
Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015
In 2015 the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations (CDM) came into force.
These regulations place the responsibility upon designers to ensure that any risks associated with post-construction maintenance activities are clearly identified and appropriate steps are taken to either design-out these risks or to reduce them to acceptable levels. These obligations include protecting maintenance workers from the risk of falls from height.
The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) target is to reduce the number of fatal and major injuries due to falls from height. Rostek-UK has forged strong links with the HSE and is fully informed of the duties placed on those responsible for work at height – information we are ideally placed to pass on to clients.
Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015
In 2015 the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations (CDM) came into force.
These regulations place the responsibility upon designers to ensure that any risks associated with post-construction maintenance activities are clearly identified and appropriate steps are taken to either design-out these risks or to reduce them to acceptable levels. These obligations include protecting maintenance workers from the risk of falls from height.
“work at height” means -
(a) work in any place, including a place at or below ground level;
(b) obtaining access to or egress from such place while at work, except by a staircase in a permanent workplace,
Where, if measures required by these Regulations were not taken, a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury;
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 requires duty holders to ensure that:
- All work at height is properly planned and organised
- Anyone involved in work at height is competent
- All risks from work at height are assessed and appropriate work equipment is selected and used
- All equipment for work at height is properly inspected and maintained
Building Owners, Property Managers and Facility Managers are just a few of those now held responsible for safe working at height.
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