Height Safety health Check
New work at height regulations 2005
came into force on the 6th April
It is available as a brief guide from
www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg401.pdf
In 2003/4 falls from height accounted for 67 fatal
accidents at work and nearly 4000 major injuries
Single biggest cause of workplace deaths and one of
main causes of major injury
The regulations apply to all work at height where there
is a risk of a fall liable to cause personal injury
The work at height regulations replace all the earlier
regulations and consolidate previous legislation.
What is work “at height”? A place is “at height” if a person could be injured
falling from it, even if it is at or below ground level.
Be Prepared
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