Managing Working at Height Event – November 17th 2012
Seaham Safety Services Ltd are proud and indeed privileged to have been selected to sponsor and participate in the above event.
The event was attended by 30 delegates from various industries i.e. construction, civil engineering and housing associations.
Principal HSE Inspector Rob Hirst was the first speaker; he gave the HSE’s perspective of the recent situation and informed the delegates of the latest statistics relating to falls from height. Rob went on to re-iterate the need to comply with the Work at Height Regulations 2005, particularly the hierarchy of controls that should be adopted in order to create a safe working environment.
Gordon MacPherson MD of Seaham Safety Services Ltd then went on to discuss the hierarchy of controls for working at height and gave some practical solutions for managing and selecting equipment for work at height.
There were three practical demonstrations after the discussions; these were a rescue scenario with the use of a rescue kit for those needing to be rescued whilst suspended in a harness, the Tetra Ladder Safety system provided by our partners Tetra Consulting Ltd., along with a scaffolding Advanced Guard system that is the brainchild of Advanced Guard Ltd. The demonstrations proved to be exceptionally interesting and provided the delegates with some practical options for planning and carrying out work at height.