We [COMPANY NAME HERE] reserve
the right on all worksite jobs to hire and charge as an additional to the contract
any form of hydraulic access platform that we deem to be necessary for the
safety of our operatives and the safety of the site in general.
Before high-level work commences,
we will discuss the full implications with the customer’s site.
To protect the workforce and trespassers,
all areas below our high-level work area will be cordoned off with RED &
WHITE warning tape essentially.
This area will be out of
bounds for everyone unless permission to enter is obtained from us.
Safety shoes and hard hats will always be
worn in this area.
All types of ladders involved
in the work will be tied off and made safe. The bottom of the ladders will be
secured or “footed” by a second person. Ladders will not be left upright and unsecure.
Ladders will always be used following the codes of good practice laid down by
the HSE.
No broken, faulty, or damaged
ladder will be used for the site work.
Where possible an operative
working from a ladder will wear a safety harness securely fastenedto the building structure to
enhance the safety of the workers involved in the work at height.
Overreaching on ladders past
normal arm’s length is strictly forbidden.
As is the practice of relocating,
shifting, moving or installing the ladder from the top whilst standing on it.
Aluminium steps or scaffolding
towers will always be used in preference over ladders.
The use of these items will be
governed by the current codes of good practice as laid down by the HSE.
All toe boards, outriggers and
decking to tower scaffolding will be always used.
Harnesses will be used where
practical fastened to the building structure.
The practice of moving,
relocating or installing a scaffold with someone on it is strictly forbidden.
No one shall climb up the
outside of a tower scaffold.
Overreaching on a tower
scaffold is strictly forbidden.
The Ladders and long steps
should be carried by two people when possible/applicable.
To make workforce secure from any fatal injury
or death, before any ladder, tower scaffold or step ladder is erected any
overhead hazard must be made safe.
It is forbidden to work on any
live electrical appliance whilst standing on a ladder, step ladder orscaffold tower. (Fault finding
and commissioning may need and demand the power to a unit to be switched on. In
this event all reasonable precautions should be taken to prevent accidents). No
electrical connections will be made on live equipment, device or light
machinery at any time.
