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    GL 18 Workingatheight

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    This document provides construction safety guidelines for working at height. It outlines the key areas of risk assessment, safe work practices, training, personal protective equipment, emergency arrangements, and equipment use and testing that must be addressed when conducting work at heights. Risk assessments must be completed and hazards identified before any high-altitude tasks are performed. Only trained individuals should engage in elevated work, and proper safety equipment, work platforms, fall protection, and emergency response plans are required.

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    This document provides construction safety guidelines for working at height. It outlines the key areas of risk assessment, safe work practices, training, personal protective equipment, emergency arrangements, and equipment use and testing that must be addressed when conducting work at heights. Risk assessments must be completed and hazards identified before any high-altitude tasks are performed. Only trained individuals should engage in elevated work, and proper safety equipment, work platforms, fall protection, and emergency response plans are required.

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    This document provides construction safety guidelines for working at height. It outlines the key areas of risk assessment, safe work practices, training, personal protective equipment, emergency arrangements, and equipment use and testing that must be addressed when conducting work at heights. Risk assessments must be completed and hazards identified before any high-altitude tasks are performed. Only trained individuals should engage in elevated work, and proper safety equipment, work platforms, fall protection, and emergency response plans are required.

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    GL 18 Workingatheight

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    Construction Safety Guidelines No.

    18 Working At Height

    RISK ASSESSMENT /
    SAFE WORK PRACTICES TRAINING
    PERMIT TO WORK
    ƒ Ensure that Risk Assessment (RA) & ƒ Ensure that proper safety ƒ Working at height shall be carried
    Method Statement have been arrangements have been made for out by experienced & trained
    completed prior to carrying out the working at height. workers.
    work at height. ƒ Ensure all the control measures ƒ Record of induction training &
    ƒ Hazards involved and safety identified in the Risk Assessment tool box talks shall be
    precautions to be taken shall be (RA) are implemented at site & safe maintained.
    communicated to workers involved in work practices are followed. ƒ If new person is appointed they
    working at height. ƒ Provide life line where proper shall carry out work under the
    ƒ In special cases ensure that permit to platform can not be provided. supervision of an experienced
    work is obtained prior to starting the ƒ Cordon off the area where work at worker.
    work at height. height is carried out & provide ƒ Medically unfit persons must not
    ƒ Follow hierarchy of controls in EHS warning signages. be engaged to work at height.
    Regulations & Standards. ƒ Construct work platforms as per the ƒ Training in use of safety harness
    guidelines given under Chapter 8 of should be given to workers.
    DM Code of Construction.

    USE PPE & DISPLAY NOTICES EMERGENCY ARRANGEMENTS USE OF EQUIPMENT & TESTING
    ƒ It is a responsibility of the main ƒ Risk Assessment must detail ƒ Equipment such as hydraulic
    contractor to issue required PPE to all emergency procedures including lifters or scissor lifts should be
    the workers. rescue of any person suspended by utilized where there is a space
    ƒ If proper working platforms cannot their safety harness within 10 constraint.
    be provided, use full body harness minutes. ƒ Equipment like temporary
    having attachment of fall arresting ƒ Display names & contact numbers of suspended working platform
    device. the persons to be contacted in case of (cradle) shall be tested through
    ƒ Display notices in languages easily an emergency. EHS approved third party.
    understood by workers.

    EHS/GL#18/Rev-01 February 2010 Page 1 of 1

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