Work at height

The Work at Height Regulations (2005) define work at height as:

• work in any place, including a place at or below ground level;
• obtaining access to or egress from such place while at work, except by a staircase in a permanent workplace,

where, if measures required by the regulations were not taken, a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury.

In February 2019, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Working at Height published Staying Alive: Preventing Serious Injury and Fatalities while Working at Height calling for a more robust system of reporting workplace falls, overseen by an independent body and with financial penalties for breaches.

In November 2019, the Access Industry Forum published Safety Steps, working at height guidance.

Articles about working at height on Designing Buildings include:

• BS 7883.
• BS 7883 guide released.
• Collective restraint system.
• Crane regulations.
• Dynamic self-retracting lanyard.
• Facade access equipment.
• Facade cleaning.
• Facade maintenance.
• Fall arrest system.
• Fall prevention system.
• FASET (Fall Arrest Safety Equipment Training).
• Glazier.
• How to remove scaffolding.
• How to use a ladder.
• Lift table.
• Lifting device.
• Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER).
• Lifting platform.
• Lifts
• Mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs).
• Post lift.
• Roped access for conservation projects.
• Safety systems for working at heights.
• Scaffolding.
• Scissor lift.
• The Importance of Working at Height Training.
• Types of crane.
• Types of scaffolding.
• Working at height - our duty to prevent harm and protect each other.
• Work at height checklist for managers.
• Work at height regulations.
• Work at height rescue plan.
• Working at height training.
• Working platform.
• Working platforms for tracked plant: good practice guide to the design, installation, maintenance and repair of ground-supported working platforms.