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Let’s all
HIERARCHY FOR WORKS AT HEIGHT get home safely,
every day

Edge protection must be HOOK RETRACTABLE
given priority over restraint CATCH ELEMENT
POINT
and arrest systems. With coveringprotector
REDCLIP
Where possible this is to be HOOK Usedfor height
established from bellow. Used to reach adjustment for
ease ofreach
one assembly
from theother
SLING
Usedfor
Systems such as advance BODY cranehandling
Can swivel360°
handrails and Peri up, allowing theworkers
allow operatives to carry to move freely When considering
out works at height from Fall arrest/restraint
Where possible, avoid works at height. Prefabrication of within a safely enclosed systems, Alsipercha
should be prioritised.
steel reinforcement and table sections should be work space and without the
considered first when planning work at height. need for fall restraint/arrest
systems. CONICALTUBE Alsipercha units must
Cast-in element in be inserted into
the column Columns as per the
serves as housing Common standard for
forthe fall the use of Alsipercha
arrestsystem documentation.
INSPECTION CHECK LIST AND SITE RULES
A plan should be
developed prior to
use, highlighting • Always plan works at height.
areas outside the • All works at height must be under a permit.
coverage area. • Follow the hierarchy of systems.
• Only trained operatives are to work at height.
• All working at height equipment must be
Restraint systems inspected prior to use and every seven days.
should always be
favoured over arrest. • Ensure a rescue plan is in place and
Always ensure the documented.
restraint line is at a • If a proprietary rescue system has been
right angle to avoid a Fall restraint systems are the last option, all other systems employed, ensure all operatives within the rescue
pendulum effect and should be exhausted prior to its use.
allow for the correct Always ensure anchorage points are high enough to stop a team are trained in its use and know the location.
operation. fall.

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