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WORKING AT HEIGHT

Shine Health and Safety

PURPOSE

 The purpose of this is to communicate minimum

health and safety requirements for managing the
risks associated with working at height activities
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 Working at height remains one of the biggest causes
of fatalities and major injuries
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Shine Health and Safety

Examples of work at height include:
 Gaining access to the loading area on a road or rail

vehicle or container;
 working on top of a road or rail tanker, a vessel or
container (to check inspection hatches);
 using ladders or stepladders to gain access to vessels,
tanks, silos and storage bins;
 using working platforms such as scaffolds, tower
scaffolds, cherry-pickers, scissor lifts and podium
steps
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 You must use the right type of equipment for
working at height
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Control measures
 First assess the risks
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Before working at height work through these simple steps:
 avoid work at height where it's reasonably practicable to do so
 where work at height cannot be easily avoided, prevent falls using
either an existing place of work that is already safe or the right type
of equipment
 minimise the distance and consequences of a fall, by using the
right type of equipment where the risk cannot be eliminated
 For each step, always consider measures that protect everyone at
risk (collective protection) before measures that only protect the
individual (personal protection)
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Examples are permanent or temporary
guardrails, scissor lifts and tower scaffolds
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 An example is putting on a safety harness correctly
and connecting it, with an energy-absorbing lanyard,
to a suitable anchor point
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Check the
pictogram or label on the ladder for information
overreach on ladders or stepladders
rest a ladder against weak upper surfaces, eg glazing or
plastic gutters
use ladders or stepladders for strenuous or heavy tasks,
only use them for light work of short duration (a
maximum of 30 minutes at a time)
let anyone who is not competent (who doesn’t have the
skills, knowledge and experience to do the job) work at
height

Shine Health and Safety

SAFETY TIPS FOR WORKING AT HEIGHT
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Use Rails
Select the Proper PPE
Inspect Your PPE
Ensure You Understand
Fall Distance
Ensure the Selection of
Acceptable Anchor Point
Ensure You Select the Best
Means of Working at
Heights (Scaffold vs Lift vs
Ladder)
Use Ladders/Plat forms
Properly
Train, Train, Train

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Risks of working at height
 The main hazards associated

with working at height are
people falling and objects
falling onto people below
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Good practices
Mobile elevated platforms
 use the platform only on level, firm ground
 only use the equipment with outriggers and
stabilisers
 work with a trained operator at ground level
 safety harnesses must be worn while on the platform
 keep the platform within safe working limits and
radius, taking account of wind speeds

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