Working At Height

Working at height involves working at any place with all the preventive and safety measures in place. However, in failing to take precautionary measures it may lead to serious injury or even death. We come across many such incidents like people falling from workplaces, where most of the investigation report concludes that procedure of working at height was flouted one way or other.

The outcome of hazard could be serious or normal, but the employers need to pay price in terms of compensation while the work gets delayed as well as on the other hand it would create negative impact on the morale of other workers as well. However, taking these aspects into cognizance, working at height training is highly essential to implement safety measures.

Legal Training requirement / Obligation on employer

• OSHA fall protection requirement

What is work at height?

Work at height is work in any place, including a place at, above or below ground level, where a person could be injured if they fell from that place. Access and egress to a place of work can also be work at height.

Work at height Examples

• Working on scaffolding.
• Working on a flat roof.
• Erecting false work or formwork.
• Working on a ladder.
• Working at ground level adjacent to an excavation.
• Working on formwork within an excavation.
• Working near or adjacent to fragile materials.
• Hazards associated with work at height.
• Fall from height.
• Material falling from height.
• Fragile roofs.
• Sloping roofs.
• Unprotected edges.
• Deteriorating materials.
• Unstable or poorly maintained access equipment.
• Adverse weather conditions.

Work at height requirements / controls

• Prevent Falls.
• Prevent falling Objects.
• Good design.
• Planning and supervision of work.
• Avoidance of work in adverse weather.
• Provision of equipment, Training and other measures

Roles and responsibilities of the individuals involved

• Management
• Supervisors
• Employees 

Learning outcomes of Training

• Knowledge about working at height.
• Understanding the associated hazards and risks.
• Standards and regulations.
• Qualified and unqualified worker.
• Understand about the need of safe systems of work.

Who should attend Training

• Engineers
• Supervisor
• Maintenance personnel involved in activity.
• Workers/ Riggers involved in activity.

Benefits of the training

• Gaining knowledge, skills and experience that are necessary to select and set up equipment’s that are ready for safe use and operation for working at heights.
• Identifying risks in the workplace and eliminate or reduce the risk of severe or fatal injuries.
• Demonstration to others that you are taking the necessary steps to meet the requirements of National & International standards & Statutory requirements.