An Introduction to Height Safety Equipment
Labouring in high locations in a secure fashion is not only an obvious necessity to assure the well-being of your workers, it also leaves them to do their chore well without trouble.
Height falls are the greatest cause of deaths and the second greatest cause of minor injuries in the workplace in the UK. The Work at Height Regulations demands duties on employers, those who work for themselves and in fact anybody that controls the work of others to allow the most fail-safe method of working at height.
You must select the strongest tool for the job at hand. If the task takes some concentration, you don’t need the hassle of thinking you might fall. Something like a Power tower is truly the best tool for such delicate jobs far off the ground.
Let’s look at one such tool. The Power tower is a continually developing array of Mobile access platforms, designed to provide a range of sound, convenient and practical solutions when working at lower heights. No more climbing large platform steps, podiums or erect scaffold towers. Simply push the power tower into the correct location, walk on to the platform, press a button.
Labouring in high places comes with secondary risks as well – to others below you. One must secure the area on the ground directly below to ensure falling debris won’t crash on workers below; for instance those using floor saws below the work area above them.
