Be Safe With Fixed Ladders As Well As Portable Ones
Portable ladders cause around 1200 major injuries each year
, including a few deaths.
Up until the Work at Height Regulations appeared in 2005, ladders were not maintained properly and people were inadequately trained and equipped in ladder safety.
Now there are active campaigns to prevent injuries from portable ladders so, thankfully, the number of injuries is declining slowly.
There is, however, an even safer way to ensure safety when working from height by using fixed ladders.
A fixed ladder is a simple concept. It is affixed to a building, chimney or the back of a van so that it is not portable.
You are likely see them as access points to rooftops inside buildings, but they also appear on things like radio masts and industrial machines.
They are usually made from steel, but they are sometimes made from wood or alloy.
There are some with hoops, some with fall-arrest wire systems and some that are rarely used and rusting.
Unfortunately, the creators of the Work at Height Regulations seem to have information missed about them.
The Working at Height Regulations does not really mention fixed ladders at all.
Fixed ladders are seen as slightly safer, but there is hardly any guidance on using them.
In the HSEs guide to the safe use of ladders and stepladders it specifically says that this guidance does not apply to fixed ladders.
There are hardly any insights into to how to use them or if there are any regulations at all.
From what there is to interpret about fixed ladder safety, we know that:
Fixed ladders do have some guidelines that insist on fall protection.
If you climb a fixed ladder and it already has a fall-protection system you should use it simply because its supplied Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and workers must use what they're given.
Browns Ladders ladder safety training courses
Accidents due to ignorance of health and safety procedures cost British industry millions of pounds per annum.
Browns Ladders is here to make sure its not a risky business and are pleased to offer you the following training courses and help you to comply with health and safety laws.
All training courses can be carried out on site.
On-site ladder inspections
Browns Ladders can offer On Site Ladder Inspections nationwide that can be carried out at 3, 4 or 6 monthly intervals.
These invaluable on-site Health & Safety checks cover the inspection of all access equipment within the factory site, from general ladders and steps to machine stairways, tower scaffold and work platforms.
Browns Ladders will come on site and make sure that all access equipment is inspected, tagged, coded, dated and registered, should any item be found to be faulty at your request we can repair or replace with the least amount of interruption to work as possible.
Every ladder the company inspects has a Next Inspection Date on them, so that you are informed well in advance of when your next visit will be.
by: Dave Cross
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