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Working at heights - regulations
This is going on in the street opposite me at the moment.
I'm pretty sure that the firm I used to work for would have frowned on this as a working practice. Does anyone have any comments on safety precautions. Should they be wearing hard hats? ;-) https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?c...uVtbwEKFkfsLn7 -- Chris B (News) |
Working at heights - regulations
On 26/02/2021 11:15, Chris B wrote:
This is going on in the street opposite me at the moment. I'm pretty sure that the firm I used to work for would have frowned on this as a working practice.Â* Does anyone have any comments on safety precautions.Â* Should they be wearing hard hats?Â* ;-) https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?c...uVtbwEKFkfsLn7 They probably used to call those ladder "cripples" for a reason! AIUI you can still use such things, but they must have guard rails. e.g https://www.laddersukdirect.co.uk/pl...drail/vprokits Also not clear from the photo if what they are standing on is actually platform or just another ladder. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
Working at heights - regulations
On 26/02/2021 11:15, Chris B wrote:
This is going on in the street opposite me at the moment. I'm pretty sure that the firm I used to work for would have frowned on this as a working practice.Â* Does anyone have any comments on safety precautions.Â* Should they be wearing hard hats?Â* ;-) https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?c...uVtbwEKFkfsLn7 When my mother had her soffits and gutters replaced a couple of years back the same type of arrangement was used. Do you need a hard hat it you are the one at the top dropping items on to the people below? On a related issue I watched some crap BBC lifestyle/DIY program the other morning and everything they did included a warning about wearing a full filtered mask, safety googles and gloves including putting up an on-screen warnings where they were showing clips from decades ago when no such equipment was seen. -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
Working at heights - regulations
On 26/02/2021 12:24, John Rumm wrote:
On 26/02/2021 11:15, Chris B wrote: This is going on in the street opposite me at the moment. I'm pretty sure that the firm I used to work for would have frowned on this as a working practice.Â* Does anyone have any comments on safety precautions.Â* Should they be wearing hard hats?Â* ;-) https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?c...uVtbwEKFkfsLn7 They probably used to call those ladder "cripples" for a reason! AIUI you can still use such things, but they must have guard rails. e.g https://www.laddersukdirect.co.uk/pl...drail/vprokits And it's primarily employers who have to watch such things. AFAIK there's no law against individuals choosing to work as in the photo so long as they're not putting others at risk. But the self-employed might have to worry about their insurance. And I'd worry about the Mental Health Act ;) -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
Working at heights - regulations
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 -- Adrian C |
Working at heights - regulations
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:15:52 +0000, Chris B wrote:
This is going on in the street opposite me at the moment. I'm pretty sure that the firm I used to work for would have frowned on this as a working practice. Does anyone have any comments on safety precautions. Should they be wearing hard hats? ;-) https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show? code=XZy2TuXZyeDF1oJMgkkfPSuVtbwEKFkfsLn7 It would be interesting to see their risk assessment. |
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. -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
Working at heights - regulations
On 26/02/2021 11:15, Chris B wrote:
This is going on in the street opposite me at the moment. I'm pretty sure that the firm I used to work for would have frowned on this as a working practice.Â* Does anyone have any comments on safety precautions.Â* Should they be wearing hard hats?Â* ;-) https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?c...uVtbwEKFkfsLn7 I worked at heights all my life. I absolutely definitely wouldn't ever have done anything like that. There's too much to go wrong. Too many possibilities of equipment failure or operator error. Bill |
Working at heights - regulations
"John Rumm" wrote in message o.uk... On 26/02/2021 11:15, Chris B wrote: This is going on in the street opposite me at the moment. I'm pretty sure that the firm I used to work for would have frowned on this as a working practice. Does anyone have any comments on safety precautions. Should they be wearing hard hats? ;-) https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?c...uVtbwEKFkfsLn7 They probably used to call those ladder "cripples" for a reason! AIUI you can still use such things, but they must have guard rails. e.g https://www.laddersukdirect.co.uk/pl...drail/vprokits Also not clear from the photo if what they are standing on is actually platform or just another ladder. Looks like another ladder to me with all those rung holes. |
Working at heights - regulations
"alan_m" wrote in message ... On 26/02/2021 11:15, Chris B wrote: This is going on in the street opposite me at the moment. I'm pretty sure that the firm I used to work for would have frowned on this as a working practice. Does anyone have any comments on safety precautions. Should they be wearing hard hats? ;-) https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?c...uVtbwEKFkfsLn7 When my mother had her soffits and gutters replaced a couple of years back the same type of arrangement was used. Do you need a hard hat it you are the one at the top dropping items on to the people below? That was my initial reaction but then I realised that you could well be on the ground when you mate dropped a tool on your head. I never bothered with a hard hat when I built the house, but then there was never anyone else with tools above me. On a related issue I watched some crap BBC lifestyle/DIY program the other morning and everything they did included a warning about wearing a full filtered mask, safety googles and gloves including putting up an on-screen warnings where they were showing clips from decades ago when no such equipment was seen. Mate of mine is just having a house built by a builder on one of 3 big new things we call subdivisions and you lot call estates. They all have silly 6' high mesh barriers around will be the fence line. Very silly requirement given that anyone can walk thru them and the builders people obviously do that all the time. https://www.dropbox.com/s/lpwgeog8qd..._2783.jpg?dl=0 |
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On 26/02/2021 18:39, williamwright wrote:
On 26/02/2021 11:15, Chris B wrote: This is going on in the street opposite me at the moment. I'm pretty sure that the firm I used to work for would have frowned on this as a working practice.Â* Does anyone have any comments on safety precautions.Â* Should they be wearing hard hats?Â* ;-) https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?c...uVtbwEKFkfsLn7 I worked at heights all my life. I absolutely definitely wouldn't ever have done anything like that. There's too much to go wrong. Too many possibilities of equipment failure or operator error. Bill Fred died of cancer, not falling off a chimney ! |
Working at heights - regulations
On 26/02/2021 11:15, Chris B wrote:
This is going on in the street opposite me at the moment. I'm pretty sure that the firm I used to work for would have frowned on this as a working practice.Â* Does anyone have any comments on safety precautions.Â* Should they be wearing hard hats?Â* ;-) https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?c...uVtbwEKFkfsLn7 The lad on the left is on his phone:-) We issued a written warning about that last week to one lad. -- Adam |
Working at heights - regulations
"ARW" wrote in message ... On 26/02/2021 11:15, Chris B wrote: This is going on in the street opposite me at the moment. I'm pretty sure that the firm I used to work for would have frowned on this as a working practice. Does anyone have any comments on safety precautions. Should they be wearing hard hats? ;-) https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?c...uVtbwEKFkfsLn7 The lad on the left is on his phone:-) We issued a written warning about that last week to one lad. using a phone generally or up top of a ladder? |
Working at heights - regulations
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Owain Lastname writes On Saturday, 27 February 2021 at 08:12:56 UTC, ARW wrote: We issued a written warning about that last week to one lad. You are going soft in old age. Whatever happened to throwing it in the cement-mixer and a clip round the lugole? Because it weakens the concrete/mortar mix. Adrian -- To Reply : replace "diy" with "news" and reverse the domain If you are reading this from a web interface eg DIY Banter, DIY Forum or Google Groups, please be aware this is NOT a forum, and you are merely using a web portal to a USENET group. Many people block posters coming from web portals due to perceieved SPAM or inaneness. For a better method of access, please see: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Usenet |
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On 27/02/2021 12:14, Adrian wrote:
In message , Owain Lastname writes On Saturday, 27 February 2021 at 08:12:56 UTC, ARW wrote: We issued a written warning about that last week to one lad. You are going soft in old age. Whatever happened to throwing it in the cement-mixer and a clip round the lugole? Because it weakens the concrete/mortar mix. Adrian Isn't cement delivered pre-mixed in big tubs to many larger developments these days ?. |
Working at heights - regulations
On 27/02/2021 09:05, Owain Lastname wrote:
On Saturday, 27 February 2021 at 08:12:56 UTC, ARW wrote: The lad on the left is on his phone:-) Maybe he's phoning the HSE. We issued a written warning about that last week to one lad. You are going soft in old age. Whatever happened to throwing it in the cement-mixer and a clip round the lugole? Probably risks a visit from his mummy! -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
Working at heights - regulations
On 27/02/2021 08:12, ARW wrote:
This is going on in the street opposite me at the moment. I'm pretty sure that the firm I used to work for would have frowned on this as a working practice.Â* Does anyone have any comments on safety precautions.Â* Should they be wearing hard hats? ;-) https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?c...uVtbwEKFkfsLn7 The lad on the left is on his phone:-) It also looks as if they have blocked their exit with a pile of bricks. -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
Working at heights - regulations
On 27/02/2021 13:56, Andrew wrote:
On 27/02/2021 12:14, Adrian wrote: In message , Owain Lastname writes On Saturday, 27 February 2021 at 08:12:56 UTC, ARW wrote: We issued a written warning about that last week to one lad. You are going soft in old age. Whatever happened to throwing it in the cement-mixer and a clip round the lugole? Because it weakens the concrete/mortar mix. Adrian Isn't cement delivered pre-mixed in big tubs to many larger developments these days ?. Cement usually comes bags. Bill |
Working at heights - regulations
On 26/02/2021 12:30, alan_m wrote:
.... On a related issue I watched some crap BBC lifestyle/DIY program the other morning and everything they did included a warning about wearing a full filtered mask, safety googles and gloves including putting up an on-screen warnings where they were showing clips from decades ago when no such equipment was seen. Which is probably how people discovered that they should have used them. :-) -- Colin Bignell |
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On 27/02/2021 15:00, John Rumm wrote:
We issued a written warning about that last week to one lad. You are going soft in old age. Whatever happened to throwing it in the cement-mixer and a clip round the lugole? Probably risks a visit from his mummy! I'm sure Adam could cope :-) |
Working at heights - regulations
On 27/02/2021 16:39, williamwright wrote:
On 27/02/2021 13:56, Andrew wrote: On 27/02/2021 12:14, Adrian wrote: In message , Owain Lastname writes On Saturday, 27 February 2021 at 08:12:56 UTC, ARW wrote: We issued a written warning about that last week to one lad. You are going soft in old age. Whatever happened to throwing it in the cement-mixer and a clip round the lugole? Because it weakens the concrete/mortar mix. Adrian Isn't cement delivered pre-mixed in big tubs to many larger developments these days ?. Cement usually comes bags. Bill Sorry I meant ready-mixed mortar for brick laying, like this stuff - https://www.eco-readymix.co.uk/mortar/ |
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