Working at height: duties of contractors and clients

Work at height must be planned carefully and the correct equipment used for safe working, the HSE has warned.

The warning follows the prosecution of a roofer and firm of property developers last week (22 February) for failing to take suitable and sufficient measures to prevent workers falling a distance liable to cause personal injury prior to work starting at the site.

Roofer Michael Allinson and his two employees were discovered by HSE inspector John Rowe, risking serious injury as the... (291 more words)

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