Requirements for place of work at height

These requirements refer to regulation 27(2)(a)) and they state that a place of work at height must:-

• Be stable and of sufficient strength and rigidity for the purpose for which it is intended to be or is being used;
• Where applicable, rest on a stable, sufficiently strong surface;
• Be of sufficient dimensions:-
  • to permit the safe passage of persons
  • to permit the safe use of any plant or materials required to be used
  • to provide a safe working area having regard to the work to be carried out there;
• Possess suitable and sufficient means for preventing a fall
• Possess a surface that has no gap:-
  • through which a person could fall
  • through which any material or object could fall and injure a person,
  • that gives rise to any other risk of injury to a person, not being a risk against which measures have been taken to protect persons
• Be so constructed and used, and maintained in such condition, as to:-
  • control the risk of slipping or tripping
  • prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, any person from being caught between it and any adjacent structure
• Where it has moving parts, be prevented by appropriate devices from moving inadvertently during work at height