YOUR FEEDBACK
Whoa!
Hold onto your
giblets, Paul!
David
We aren’t the only silly, over regulated buggers on this planet.
I was in Zurich (Switzerland) last week. Staying at an upmarket hotel, the side wing was being upgraded.
Fourth floor up, the workers (Yes, Switzerland) had:
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NO harnesses,
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NO safety barriers on the roof, working on snow covered roofs without spikes,
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NO safety barriers around the ground floor base,
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NO tagged hand tools, lifting heavy weights without slings or cranes etc.
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NO safety goggles and
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NO gloves or safety boots. Electric leads sitting in pools of melted snow.
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THROWING debris off the roof to the carpark below. – it is the same all over.
Who are the SILLY ones?
US? No, we prefer to be over-regulated than allowing this to happen.
What happened to common sense and self-responsibility?
PAUL, ADEPT CONVEYORS, NSW
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YOUR COMPANY’S MOST VALUABLE ASSET IS YOUR EMPLOYEEES
PREVENTING FALLS FROM HEIGHT
Safety Gear You Need
Depending what you're doing is whether you need to use goggles, gloves, boots, jackets, hardhats, ear muffs or anything else.
Working at heights
Falls from height can leave employees with permanent and debilitating injuries. Falls often occur from roofs, scaffolds, ladders, trucks and mezzanine floors.
Using Ladders
Always maintain three points of contact when ascending, descending or standing on a ladder. Secure ladders by tying them to a support at the top and/or bottom.
Common fall hazards
Reduce remaining risk by using fall-arrest systems, such as catch platforms, fall arrest-harness systems.
Falls incidents associated with:
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working on or near unprotected edges;
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using unsafe or incomplete scaffolds;
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using inappropriate ladders or unsafe ladder use;
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falling from roofs or through fragile roofs or skylights
