Avoiding the Dangers of Gravity and Working at Height
Sunday, July 19th, 2009Just how far down do you need to fall to do yourself a serious injury? As low as a couple of metres. It’s easy to feel assured when you feel capable as you trim branches off the tree in your garden and have a lot of work experience of heights in high areas. Yet, even the most able, experienced roofer or tree surgeon has experienced serious injury or death when working at height. Why? Because if something happens, you have ZERO opportunity to respond.You’re in the grim hands of Newton’s Law (gravity) until the rocky ground catches your fall.
Therefore utterly vital you prevent yourself from such mishaps when working off the ground by utilising height safety equipment. It doesn’t matter if you’re only cutting a couple of branches from a tree in your garden, arrest equipment like safety anchors is necessary.
What type of height safety equipment should you use? Depending on the chore you must do, you should be looking at one of the following: Pole straps, Slings, Harnesses, Static line rope and rope protection, Lanyards, Kits, Karabiners, rope grabs and connectors and Pulleys.
If your job necessitates you to work at height, such as quarries ,civil engineering, telecoms or manufacturing – you really ought to already have been drilled in height safety and be knowledgeable with safety equipment. Otherwise, you are placing yourself at a great risk of an accident.
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