Working platform - Revision history

Editor at 09:23, 3 December 2025

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	Before working platforms are used they must be inspected carefully to ensure they are fit for purpose and have been properly assembled or installed. If a platform is exposed to conditions that are liable to result in danger or damage, then it must continue to be inspected at regular intervals.		Before working platforms are used they must be inspected carefully to ensure they are fit for purpose and have been properly assembled or installed. If a platform is exposed to conditions that are liable to result in danger or damage, then it must continue to be inspected at regular intervals.

−	See also: Work platform safety, new British Standards published,Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.	+	BS 8460:2025 Safe use of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) - Code of practice replaced BS 8460:2017 and was updated to reflect BS EN 280-1:2022 and BS EN 280-2:2022. Restructured, it introduces a new process-based structure to help users plan, manage, and operate MEWPs more effectively. Key developments include: a restructured end-to-end safe-use process, expanded instructions on risk assessments, wind effects, fall-arrest use, and load-handling devices. It includes clear criteria for selecting MEWPs designed for integrated load handling, new operational and training requirements, and detailed advice on machines with zone or motion-control features. Competence expectations of occupants and supervisors and recommendations for planning, preventing entrapment, managing pedestrians, and reinstating MEWPs after periods of inactivity. The update also adds new definitions across lifting equipment, rescue roles, pedestrian management, and temporary works; clarifying how to operate safely in confined spaces or near water; with two new annexes covering hoist-height limits and wind-speed considerations at height.
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		+	BS 7981:2025 Mast climbing work platforms (MCWPs) – Selection, configuration, installation, maintenance, thorough examination and safe use – Code of practice provides recommendations and guidance for the installation, maintenance, thorough examination, and safe use of MCWPs. These platforms are temporarily installed, powered, and designed to allow people to carry out work at height. The standard aims to ensure that MCWPs are used safely and effectively, reducing the risk of accidents and improving operational efficiency and is intended for construction industry professionals, certification and inspection bodies, owners and hire companies, training companies, regulators, users of MCWPs., employers, dutyholders, and anyone responsible for the supply, installation, use, inspection, servicing, maintenance, and examination of MCWPs.
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		+	See also: Work platform safety, new British Standards published, Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.

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	* Work at height regulations.		* Work at height regulations.
	* Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.		* Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.
		+	* Work platform safety, new British Standards published.

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Editor at 08:48, 3 December 2025

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	Before working platforms are used they must be inspected carefully to ensure they are fit for purpose and have been properly assembled or installed. If a platform is exposed to conditions that are liable to result in danger or damage, then it must continue to be inspected at regular intervals.		Before working platforms are used they must be inspected carefully to ensure they are fit for purpose and have been properly assembled or installed. If a platform is exposed to conditions that are liable to result in danger or damage, then it must continue to be inspected at regular intervals.

−	See also: Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.	+	See also: Work platform safety, new British Standards published,Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.

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Editor at 08:35, 3 December 2025

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	* Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.		* Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.

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Designing Buildings at 08:49, 11 October 2020

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	* Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.		* Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.

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Designing Buildings at 09:23, 29 April 2020

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−	The term 'working platform' is defined by the Work at Height Regulations 2005 as any ~~surface from which~~ work ~~can be carried out,~~ or as a means of access to or egress from a place of work, including:	+	The term 'working platform' is defined by the Work at Height Regulations 2005 as: '...any platform used as a place of work or as a means of access to or egress from a place of work', including: '...any scaffold, suspended scaffold, cradle, mobile platform, trestle, gangway, gantry and stairway which is so used.'
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−	* Scaffold.	+
−	* Suspended scaffold.	+
−	* Cradles.	+
−	* Roofs.	+
−	* Floors.	+
−	* [[Mobile_elevating_work_platforms_(MEWPs)\|Mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs).]]	+
−	* Trestles.	+
−	* Gangways.	+
−	* Gantries.	+
−	* Stepladders and ~~stairways~~.	+

	Before the 2005 Regulations, working platforms were defined as fully-boarded platforms with handrails and toe boards.		Before the 2005 Regulations, working platforms were defined as fully-boarded platforms with handrails and toe boards.
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	* Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.		* Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.

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Designing Buildings at 11:05, 18 February 2020

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	* Types of scaffolding.		* Types of scaffolding.
	* Work at height.		* Work at height.
		+	* Working at height - our duty to prevent harm and protect each other.
	* Work at height checklist for managers.		* Work at height checklist for managers.
	* Work at height regulations.		* Work at height regulations.

Designing Buildings at 10:14, 10 February 2019

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	* Types of crane.		* Types of crane.
	* Types of scaffolding.		* Types of scaffolding.
		+	* Work at height.
	* Work at height checklist for managers.		* Work at height checklist for managers.
	* Work at height regulations.		* Work at height regulations.

Designing Buildings at 10:04, 10 February 2019

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	See also: Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.		See also: Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.

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	* Construction plant.		* Construction plant.
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	* Types of crane.		* Types of crane.
	* Types of scaffolding.		* Types of scaffolding.
		+	* Work at height checklist for managers.
	* Work at height regulations.		* Work at height regulations.
	* Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.		* Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.

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Editor at 15:23, 31 July 2018

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	* Scissor lift.		* Scissor lift.
	* Types of crane.		* Types of crane.
		+	* Types of scaffolding.
	* Work at height regulations.		* Work at height regulations.
	* Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.		* Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.

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Editor at 12:34, 29 May 2018

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	* Construction plant.		* Construction plant.
		+	* How to remove scaffolding.
	* How to use a ladder.		* How to use a ladder.
	* Lift table.		* Lift table.