What are the rules about working on a roof in respect of health and safety. Can trades get on the roof by ladder and then roof ladder to do the work or do they always need scaffolding?
Jobs need to be assessed for risk before they are done. If erecting scaffolding was more hazardous than nipping up on a ladder to replace a single tile just above the guttering, for example, an employer or employee could be prosecuted for taking unnecessary risks, particularly if something went wrong.Wot's risk assessment mean?
Jobs need to be assessed for risk before they are done. If erecting scaffolding was more hazardous than nipping up on a ladder to replace a single tile just above the guttering, for example, an employer or employee could be prosecuted for taking unnecessary risks, particularly if something went wrong.Wot's risk assessment mean?
If an accident occurred and the case went to court, the defendant could be asked whether it really was safer to haul up hundreds of scaffolding poles and erect a structure right the way around a house just to replace one tile. Most people can see that it isn't and wouldn't do it, but some people 'over-interpret' the Health and Safety at Work Act. Clearly, it is better to erect the scaffolding if the entire roof is to be replaced, or even a quarter of it, but for one tile in an easy to access location? Not really!
The risk assessment would identify whether scaffolding was advantageous - whether the risks of erecting it and taking it down were outweighed by the benefits, and would serve as documentary evidence that proper procedures were followed in event of an accident.
Jobs need to be assessed for risk before they are done. If erecting scaffolding was more hazardous than nipping up on a ladder to replace a single tile just above the guttering, for example, an employer or employee could be prosecuted for taking unnecessary risks, particularly if something went wrong.Wot's risk assessment mean?
If an accident occurred and the case went to court, the defendant could be asked whether it really was safer to haul up hundreds of scaffolding poles and erect a structure right the way around a house just to replace one tile. Most people can see that it isn't and wouldn't do it, but some people 'over-interpret' the Health and Safety at Work Act. Clearly, it is better to erect the scaffolding if the entire roof is to be replaced, or even a quarter of it, but for one tile in an easy to access location? Not really!
The risk assessment would identify whether scaffolding was advantageous - whether the risks of erecting it and taking it down were outweighed by the benefits, and would serve as documentary evidence that proper procedures were followed in event of an accident.
Indeed they do, but most risk assessments are done by the people who do the job, or the foreman etc.Jobs need to be assessed for risk before they are done. If erecting scaffolding was more hazardous than nipping up on a ladder to replace a single tile just above the guttering, for example, an employer or employee could be prosecuted for taking unnecessary risks, particularly if something went wrong.Wot's risk assessment mean?
If an accident occurred and the case went to court, the defendant could be asked whether it really was safer to haul up hundreds of scaffolding poles and erect a structure right the way around a house just to replace one tile. Most people can see that it isn't and wouldn't do it, but some people 'over-interpret' the Health and Safety at Work Act. Clearly, it is better to erect the scaffolding if the entire roof is to be replaced, or even a quarter of it, but for one tile in an easy to access location? Not really!
The risk assessment would identify whether scaffolding was advantageous - whether the risks of erecting it and taking it down were outweighed by the benefits, and would serve as documentary evidence that proper procedures were followed in event of an accident.
Do people actually get paid to asses risks?
Almost - some people are better-off working under supervision and having risks assessed for them!So anybody can be a risk assesor then?
always best to replace missing/broken tiles to keep your roof in a good state of repair.do single missing tiles need to be replaced
Yeah, I know!
So anybody can be a risk assesor then?
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