Height Safety – Introducing Access Platforms
Working far above the ground in a secure fashion isn’t just a self-explanatory requirement to ensure the safety of your employees, it leaves them to do their chore well without trouble.
Falling from height is the biggest cause of deaths and the second greatest cause of minor injuries at work in the British Isles. There is a regulation called “The Work at Height Regulations” – this places responsibilities on company owners, the self employed and anyone who is in charge of the work of other workers to allow for the least hazardous means of access for the intended application.
You must select the best tool for the job at hand. If the chore needs some concentration, you don’t need the bother of thinking you might fall. Something like a Power tower is really the greatest tool for such delicate work far off the ground.
Let’s look at one such tool. The Power tower is a perpetually evolving range of push into position, Mobile access platforms, developed to provide a wide range of secure, convenient and practical solutions when doing a job at height. No need to climb large steps, erect scaffold towers or podiums. Simply push into the correct location, walk on to the platform, press a button.
Working far above the ground brings other dangers too – to other workers on the ground below you. You should secure the working area on the ground directly below to ensure falling debris won’t fall on employees there; for instance those using floor saws directly below the work area above them.
