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Working at height<br />
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Systematic approach to working at height<br />
Tarmac Central > Gawsworth, Cheshire > 01260 223477<br />
Tarmac’s Area 3 Concrete (at Gawsworth, near Macclesfield) has applied special diligence in their approach<br />
to working at height. This included:<br />
• risk assessments by management<br />
• drawing up of safe systems of work<br />
• where a work platform is required, ladders are never used.<br />
Key factors of note include:<br />
• summary assessment of all Topmix personnel who were regularly involved in working at heights –<br />
primarily fixed plant maintenance personnel<br />
• tailored training course for maintenance crews. Attendees needed to be in reasonable health, not<br />
suffering from vertigo, and have good binocular vision.<br />
The EPIC-approved training course covered:<br />
• <strong>com</strong>petent use and inspection of safety harnesses<br />
• safe use of ladders<br />
• safe erecting, use, moving and dismantling of mobile access/scaffold towers<br />
• safe set-up and operation of mobile elevating working platforms.<br />
Inspections and audits focus particularly on standards of handrails and toe-boards, as well as access<br />
equipment. Records and reports are produced monthly.<br />
Preventing unauthorised ladder access<br />
Tarmac Northern > Concrete & Mortar Yorkshire > 01423 796800<br />
For sites still using vertical access ladders, an example of effective<br />
prevention of unauthorised access has been demonstrated by Tarmac<br />
Northern’s Concrete & Mortar Yorkshire.<br />
• where there is no access to the rear of the ladder, a sheet steel door,<br />
vertical hinged, is closed across the face of the ladder and padlocked<br />
• where there is access to the rear, a sheet steel housing is attached to the<br />
rear of the ladder, in addition to the steel door at the front.