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It places more emphasis on the work at height task. you need to consider the W@H hierarchy of controls AVOID-PREVENT- REDUCE / MINIMISE.

Yes 3 point contact is important but this can be achieved with the correct equipment still using the ladder. Also an important factor to consider is the duration of the task. A suitable risk assessment and some basic controls might determine the use of the ladder safely. The youtube video link provi...

Hi everyone, Hope you are all doing well. Just thought I share with you all that I finally met Jack in the flesh!!! he was down in London presenting at a RoSPA event. I was very honoured to shake his hand after 10 years in this wonderful website. I thought it was a great moment to reflect on the har...

Have a fab day! All the best

It doesn't necessarily indicate better "safety results". It simply shows a very slight improvement in number of incidents Already taking into account the number of hrs worked. So, in fact you might have had more incidents than on the previous year but as you worked more hrs it shows a decl...

witsd wrote:

Juan Carlos wrote:Lovely place for mice to live in too when they find their way into the panel.

I now find myself wondering how flammable mice are…

I guess that would very much depend on the activities they are engaged in...

Lovely place for mice to live in too when they find their way into the panel. I once had to get rid off a panel with over 30 hairy friends So watch out for that too

I'm sure I have something from when I used to work in the food industry. I will have a look tomorrow. Do you know what time these panels are? Polyestarine, rock wool etc that should be considered in the FRA as certainly polyestarine would be a lot more combustible. If it is a freezer, 25 yrs, I woul...

Happy new year to you Alexis and to all the wonderful members of the Health & Safety for Beginners family.

Morning,

I had a very similar incident not long ago. I would say the problem here is the incorrect positioning of the FLT as the center of gravity was not suitably found by the FLT operator. It could have been incorrect tilt on the mast as he removed the load at height.

I actually disagree with previous posts. I think this injury IS reportable as an over 7 day injury regardless of the old fracture. It seems that it is connected with work as it was a work vehicle. If the fracture had been caused on this particular event, then it would have been a major injury, howev...

I have not reported one for a while myself but I don't recall receiving e-mail confirmation... you should have been given the option to pdf the report on submission...