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Working at Height

Work at height is one of the leading causes of workplace fatalities in the UK. Repeated near misses and falls are caused by missing floor gratings, working from ladders, fragile roofs, openings, and pits, scaffolding and scaffolders, misuse of Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs), incorrect use of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), crushers, and mobile plant with poor access for maintenance, and failed catwalks on mobile crushers and screens. Work at height should be approached with the ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ in mind which looks for ways to eliminating work at height as a priority.