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Default Working at heights - regulations

On 26/02/2021 14:06, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
On 26/02/2021 12:36, Robin wrote:

And it's primarily employers who have to watch such things.Â* AFAIK
there's no law against individuals choosing to work as in the photo so
long as they're not putting others at risk.Â* But the self-employed
might have to worry about their insurance. And I'd worry about the
Mental Health Act


My OCD is worrying about the homeowners insurance ...

Liability of homeowners to contractors
https://www.digbybrown.co.uk/news/li...to-contractors



I don't see anything there to worry about. The only case where the
homeowner was held liable involved him not just providing the ladder but
setting it up "in the A position", short of the roof, and unsecured.
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