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Work at Height Regulations
Winner Access offers professional advice and the safest
equipment to help you work at height. Below is a brief
summary of the Work at Height Regulations (WAHR) 2005.
For more information visit www.hse.gov.uk/falls.
What is ‘work at height’?
A place is ‘at height’ if (unless these Regulations are
followed) a person could be injured falling from it, even if it
is at or below ground level.
‘Work’ includes moving around at a place of work (except
by a staircase in a permanent workplace) but not travel to
or from a place of work. For instance, a sales assistant on a
step ladder would be working at height, but we would not
be inclined to apply the Regulations to a mounted police
officer on patrol.
Do the rules apply to you?
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 apply to all work at
height where there is a risk of a fall liable to cause a
personal injury. They place duties on employers, the self
employed, and any person who controls the work of others
(eg facilities managers or building owners who may
contract others to work at height) to the extent they control
the work.
If you are an employee or working under someone else’s
control you must:
l report any safety hazard to them
l use the equipment supplied (including safety devices)

properly, following any training or instructions (unless

you think that would be unsafe, in which case you

should seek further instructions before continuing).
What you must do as an employer
You must do all that is reasonably practicable to prevent
anyone falling.
Dutyholders must:
l avoid work at height where they can
l use work equipment or other measures to prevent
falls where they cannot avoid working at height;
and
l where they cannot eliminate the risk of a fall, use work

equipment or other measures to minimise the distance

and consequences of a fall should one occur.
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