Safety Alert
Preventing unauthorised access onto scaffolding and other work platforms
Preventing unauthorised access onto scaffolding and other work platforms
- HSE
- Safety Alert
- CON1-2018
- Control of WorkWorking at Height
- Falls from heightSecurity
- Working at height
- LadderScaffold
- Contractor managementExclusion zonesRisk assessment
- Construction
Summary
HSE alert addressing public access to construction scaffolds, particularly by children, and associated falls from height. It sets out site assessment, perimeter and local fencing, bottom-lift ladder removal and ladder-guard requirements. It also addresses scaffold contracts, security reviews and maintaining designated fire escape routes from occupied buildings.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Security; physical security; site security.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Ladder; ladders.
Classifications: Scaffold; scaffolding.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Construction; construction industry.
CON1-2018. Themes: control of work, working at height.