Working at height permit template

[Graham Shand]

What they are looking for is basically a disclaimer, pre use inspection of equipment appropriate personal protective equipment, correct use of equipment, for a prescribed period of time, max working off a a ladder I.e. ten minutes, or its a scaffold tower, equipment in good order, appropriate signs displayed if working overhead, correct work barriers, etc etc, its all common sense, anything you have missed, they will soon ask you to amend, the Health and safety executive have a lot of stuff on their web site relating to this type of working.

[Graeme Dingwall]

Have a look at the attached dave that should cover you.

Graeme

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Attachments:

ladders.pdf

[David Rogers]

Thanks Graham & Graeme – appreciated

[Jason Bagladi]

The Permit to Work should be issued by the company you are doing the work for. They should verify that the content of the RA/MS is correct and you have the correct competencies and certified training to do the work in a controlled and safe manner.

I work in the food industry as a contractor (signs and graphics are more a hobby for me). We have to jump through hoops to even look at a job let alone do the work.

[Phill Fenton]

I had a similar request to provide all sorts of paperwork for a large organisation before they would put me on their list of "Approved supplier". They wanted a "generic" method statement, Risk assement, and working at height permit to cover all eventualities which I thought was ridiculous and makes a total mockery of the whole principle of H&S and its associated paperwork.

The whole point of these should be to improve safety. Therefore, a risk assessment, method statement and working at height permit should be tailored to the specific job in mind – a "generic" set of paperwork is worthless in terms of improving safety.

THis is no longer about H&S but is about companies covering themselves in the event of an accident. In reality if there was a serious consequence and an investigation was carried out, this company would not be absolved from any blame because a generic set of paperwork is worthless. Any investigator worth his salt would see through this straight away.

I would (as I have) refuse to go along with it.

[Russell Spencer]

quote Jason Bagladi:

The Permit to Work should be issued by the company you are doing the work for. They should verify that the content of the RA/MS is correct and you have the correct competencies and certified training to do the work in a controlled and safe manner.

Agree with above, permits to work at height are issued by the site Main Contractor after site induction and assesment of RAMS

[David Rogers]

Same crowd Phill…got an order in already, it’s good money for what it is, but these hoops are frankly ridiculous.

I know Permits to WORK are issued by the site contractor / site safety officer (had enough of them over the years), but this Permit to Work at Heights was a new one on me…from the looks of it, it’s a risk assessment checklist with a spot at the bottom for ME to say all my equipment is in good order, I’m trained and won’t be abseiling down their walls…and their safety officer to agree to it.

Up ’til now I’ve signed the SITE’S safety officer’s paperwork when doing installs at height…not been providing my own.

(Been too busy this week to sit down and do it properly.)

It’s all a farce anyway – I’ve been on ‘zero accident’ sites clad in PPE after sitting through a 2 hour induction to put in window ‘manifestations’ as the architects love to call ’em…how the HELL do you fit etch wearing gloves, safety glasses and a hard hat? "Ah, OK then…just take them off."

Dave