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HSE Ladder Exchange programme starts today
The Health and Safety Executive’s ladder exchange programme starts today. This initiative provides UK businesses with an easy and simple way to replace broken, damaged or bent ladders and trade them in for safe new ones. According to HSE figures, since its launch, Ladder Exchange has resulted in over 8,000 dodgy ladders being removed from use. This year's programme will run for 3 months from 1 September until 30 November. Participating retail outlets are listed on the HSE site...
News | 1 Sep 2011
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HSE set to launch 2011 Ladder Exchange scheme
...change scheme for the fifth year running. The 2011 Ladder Exchange, supported by the Ladder Association and various retailers, will start on 1 September and run until 30 November. During the three-month period, ladder and stepladder users will have the opportunity to exchange damaged or dangerous ladders, at a discount, for new ones. Since its launch in 2007, the HSE says the Ladder Exchange scheme has resulted in over 8,000 'dodgy ladders' being removed from use. The HSE says: “This initiative provides UK businesses with an easy and simple way to replace broken, damaged or bent ladders and t...
News | 15 Aug 2011
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BT fined £300,000 following ladder fall
...om a nine-step wooden ladder, sustaining a serious head injury and died 18 days later. The HSE investigation found a number of issues including a failure to ensure the work at height was properly planned, and that Mr Askew was provided with suitable access equipment for work at height. Two wooden ladders found at the scene had not been subject to an annual inspection, contrary to BT’s own health and safety policy. BT was found guilty of breaching section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 at a previous hearing. This week BT was fined £300,000 and ordered to pay costs of £196,150 N...
Case | 16 Dec 2010
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Time to exchange dodgy ladders, says HSE
Businesses are being urged to take advantage of the HSE’s Ladder Exchange scheme before it closes at the end of the year.The exchange is run in conjunction with retailers, manufacturers and trade associations, and offers businesses the chance to get their ladders checked and, where necessary, exchange them for new ones at a discounted price. Over 900 ladders have been exchanged so far, including ladders with missing rungs and bent sides. Although the number of accidents whilst working at height has continued to fall year on year, such accidents are s...
News | 9 Dec 2009
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Unsafe ladder leads to six-figure payout
An employee who has been off work for more than two years after breaking his heel has received £120,000 in compensation. Unsafe equipment was deemed to be the cause of the accident. The 60-year-old from Gateshead broke his heel when he slipped on a ladder attached to his van while he was worki
Case | 3 Mar 2009
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HSE issues warning following Essex man's ladder fall
...leisure time - he was a keen motorbiking enthusiast prior to the incident but has since had to sell his bike."The case of Lakeside Container Services Ltd has come as the HSE’s annual Ladder Exchange initiative draws to a close. At the start of September, businesses were invited to trade in unsafe ladders for new ones at a discounted price, in a move which aimed to reduce the number of ladder-related accidents in the workplace.On average, 13 people die at work each year due to falls from ladders, with nearly 1,200 people suffering major injuries. Of all kinds of workplace fatality, falls from height...
Case | 22 Sep 2008
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HSE calls for exchange of ‘dodgy’ ladders
The HSE has today launched its Ladder Exchange 2008, which will run throughout September and which aims to reduce the number of ladder-related accidents by encouraging employers to trade in their unsafe equipment.The initiative, which will allow employers to exchange risky ladders for new ones at a discounted price, is designed to highlight the risks involved with using substandard ladders by boosting employer knowledge of health and safety issues.In order to participate in the Ladder Exchange, employers must visually check the ladders and stepladders in the workplace, and m...
News | 1 Sep 2008
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HSE 'dodgy' ladder scheme to restart in September
The HSE will launch its Ladder Exchange scheme for 2008 in September.The scheme will see a large number of Local Authority Enforcement Officers check ladders as part of their visits to workplaces, and remove them if they are “dodgy”. The scheme also aims to highlight the risks associated with using a dodgy ladder, and provides employers with the opportunity to exchange their substandard ladder for a new one at a discounted price. Falls from height c...
News | 8 Jul 2008
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Personal injury and third parties: who did the ladder belong to?
A recent case has helped to define the scope for liability in personal injury cases. A worker in the course of his employment at the property of a third party had fallen from a ladder that was too short for its purpose. The third party was not liable for the worker's injury under the Provision and U
Case | 10 Jun 2008
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Improper ladder use led to worker severing artery
A repair company has been prosecuted after a lack of proper training when using ladders caused a worker to sever an artery.Carlisle Glass Ltd was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £1,100 costs after pleading guilty to a charge under Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974; that they failed to ensure the safety at work of an employee.The court heard that on 25 June 200...
Case | 29 Apr 2008
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Toyota fined after worker fell from step ladder
...pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and contravening Regulation 3(1)(a) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Paul Gale, of Tutbury, and Andrew Tunnicliff, of Stoke on Trent, were working from a pair of 2.5 metre high stepladders affixing a three metre length of steel channel (Unistrut) to the underside of a gantry when both fell approximately two metres to the ground. Paul Gale suffered several injuries including a fractured skull, cheekbone and sinus, fractured right wrist and multiple dislocations to his middle left fing...
Case | 10 Jan 2008
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Mason wins compensation after breaking both feet falling from a ladder
A council worker who broke both his feet after falling from an unsecured ladder has won compensation from Pembrokeshire County Council. With the assistance of his union, UNISON, and Thompsons Solicitors in Cardiff, Michael Morgan, 61, of Dyfed, secured damages of £45,000 following the injury th
Case | 20 Aug 2007
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Company fined £4500 after employee falls from ladder
... of The Work at Height Regulations 2005. On 5 February 2007, Michael Norton was working as part of a three-man team replacing vandalised windows in the Next Generation Leisure Centre, Brierley Hill. He was using half of a double ladder set that had been split to allow two men to work at height. The ladders were not secured and the one being used by Mr Norton slid sideways, causing him to fall approximately two metres to the ground. He fractured his wrist and received a puncture wound to the back of his hand when part of the glazing unit that he was carrying up the ladder fell onto the back of his han...
Case | 26 Nov 2007
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Ladders
As George said, it's the use of appropriate equipment, we regularly use ladders to change bulbs in "3 storey atriums" where it's appropriate, manouvering a battery powered Genie lift into position isn't risk free either. Whilst it's obvious you need training for towers o= or scaffolding you also need it for ladders, http://www.principalpeople.co.uk/downloads/HSE%20Safe%20U...
Comment | 22 May 2009
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Ladders
Hello Just risk assess the task in hand and do not forget to enter then ladders on the "ladder register" so they can be examined from time to time for continued service. Barry
Comment | 22 May 2009
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Ladders
Thanks George for your welcome comments. My aim is to provide training in risk assessments and safe use of ladders, scaffolding and mobile access platforms etc for all our engineers who perform duties on all our sites. We already have the lone working side of things covered and I will certainly download the HSE safe use of ladders.
Comment | 21 May 2009
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Ladders
Stepladders (and other ladders) are only suitable for short duration jobs at relatively low levels, thus changing lightbulbs in normal height rooms is a typical example (but do not try this in a massive three-storey high atrium). Get the free download leaflet "Safe Use of Ladders and Stepladders -- an Emp...
Comment | 20 May 2009
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Ladders
Its not so much as to how high people have to work if using ladders/step ladders but whether this is the most suitable access equipment for the task in hand. Not sure where you got this 2-3 metres from but its more about risk assessment for the task in hand. I mean if you have to change a lamp in a ceiling that will take only a few minutes it wont be very practi...
Comment | 20 May 2009
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Ladders
Hi Could somebody assist me with what the regulations are regarding step ladders, as in what height do you have to work at which will constitute using a ladder, i.e replacing a light bulb which you cant reach normally. I have engineers who are lone workers at various sites accross the UK who are using various ways of reaching heights, obviously I would like to end this asap. I ...
Comment | 20 May 2009
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Unsafe ladder leads to six-figure payout
It must be very frustrating for all of us serving in a safety role, that despite this being a long favoured focus of attention, accidents involving working at height are still happening. There are layers of regulation relating to the use of ladders - it would seem that the most basic basic principles of safety at work have been completetly missed in this case - thorough risk assessment, hierarchy of control, training and assessment etc . Very frustrating and disappointing.
Comment | 5 Mar 2009
