To meet the Requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and Regulations 1995

This guide is a best practice document on how to prevent falls to assist in meeting the requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and the Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995.

Table of Contents

Foreword
About these Guidelines
Scope
References
Definitions

1: Design and Organsational Requirements

1.1 Hazard Management
1.2 Engineering and Design
1.3 Operational Planning
1.4 Maintenance of Existing Buildings and Plant
1.5 Training and Supervision of Employees

2: General Safety

2.1 Employee Safety
2.2 Public Safety
2.3 Protection for Overhead Services
2.4 Access and Egress
2.5 Access to Confined Spaces
2.6 Personal Protective Equipment
2.7 Emergency Planning

3: Permanent Fixed Access and Platforms

3.1 General
3.2 Handrails, guardrails and toeboards
3.3 Stairway and Ramp Landings
3.4 Ramps
3.5 Stairways
3.6 Fixed Tread or Step Ladders
3.7 Fixed Rung Ladders
3.8 Permanent Fixed Roof Ladders and Crawl Boards

4: Temporary Non-Fixed Access and Platforms

4.1 General
4.2 Perimeter Protection
4.3 Single and Extension Ladders
4.4 Step Ladders
4.5 Dual-Purpose Ladders
4.6 Ladder Brackets
4.7 Trestles and Tripods
4.8 Cantilevered Temporary Work Platforms
4.9 Roof Ladders and Crawl Boards

5: Scaffolding

5.1 General
5.2 Standing Scaffolds
5.3 Suspended Scaffolds and Boatswains' Chairs
5.4 Hung Scaffolds
5.5 Special Scaffolds
5.6 Scaffold Brackets

6: Mechanical Plant for the Support of Personnel

6.1 General
6.2 Power-Operated Elevating Work Platforms
6.3 Forklift Platforms
6.4 Crane Lift Platforms
6.5 Vehicle Extension Arms
6.6 Knuckle Hoist Platforms
6.7 Building Maintenance Units

7: Safety Nets

7.1 General

8: Safety Lines, Belts and Harnesses

8.1 General
8.2 Travel-Restriction Systems
8.3 Fall-Arrest Systems
8.4 Static Line and Anchorage Techniques
8.5 Type 1 Fall Arrest Device (Inertia Lock)
8.6 Type 2 and Type 3 Fall-Arrest Devices (Inertia Reels)
8.7 Work-Positioning Systems

9: Roped-Access Systems

9.1 General Requirements
9.2 Anchorages
9.3 Ropes and Rigging
9.4 Harnesses and Lanyards
9.5 Descenders
9.6 Rope Grabs (Ascenders and Backup Types)
9.7 Safety System
9.8 Connectors
9.9 Public Safety

10: Building Construction and Plant Maintenance

10.1 Excavations
10.2 Hoisting or Unloading Areas
10.3 Holes and Pits in Floor Areas
10.4 Wall Penetrations
10.5 Floor and Work Platform Perimeter Edges
10.6 Lift Shafts and Ducting
10.7 General Maintenance
10.8 Wall Maintenance and Window Cleaning
10.9 Roof and Roof Plant Maintenance

11: Structural Steel Erection

11.1 General Safety
11.2 Workplace Safety
11.3 Reducing Work at Heights
11.4 Access to Places of Work
11.5 Slinging Loads

12: Roof Erection and Fixing

12.1 General Safety
12.2 Access
12.3 Edge Protection
12.4 Safety Mesh
12.5 Hoisting Roofing Materials
12.6 Concrete and Clay Tile Roofing
12.7 Brittle Roofing
12.8 Purlin Trolleys

13: Fall Prevention in the Electricity Supply Industry

14: Broadcast and Telecommunication Structures

14.1. General Safety
14.2. Workplace Safety

Appendix 1: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992

1.1 Principles of the Act
1.2 Approved Codes of Practice
1.3 Guides
1.4 Employers' Duties
1.5 Hazard Management
1.6 Information for Employees
1.7 Training of Employees
1.8 Safety of People Who Are Not Employees
1.9 Employees' and Self-Employed Persons Duties
1.10 Principals and Persons Who Control Places of Work
1.11 Recording and Notifying Accidents and Serious Harm
1.12 Heights of More than 3 Metres
1.13 Qualifications
1.14 Notification of Work

Appendix 2: Fall Arrest Systems Design Guidelines for Static Lines