What Does Working at Height Mean?

Working at height refers to work where, without precautions, a person could fall from one level to another resulting in an injury.

Falls from height are among the leading causes of injury and fatalities at work, but these falls aren't always from the heights of towering skyscrapers like you may expect - in fact, it is those who work on ladders and fragile surfaces that are most at risk. 

Working at height refers to any work on a raised level where harm could occur from a fall, so whether they're scaling the side of a building one hundred feet up or they're only a few inches off the ground, precautions must be taken to protect the worker from a fall from height.

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Safety Harnesses do not last forever and need to be inspected regularly.

When you're shopping for safety harnesses, there are a lot of different things you need to take into consideration. How many connection points do you need? Do you need full body support? Does the harness need to be high visibility, or maybe fire resistant?

Another question you may have found yourself pondering is how long your new safety harness will last. Do fall protection harnesses expire?

Well, if you're looking for an answer to that question, you're in the right place!

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When working at height, you are exposed to a large number of potential dangers; it’s a work environment that’s fraught with risk, and it’s incredibly important to pay close attention to personal safety. In some work environments there are other danger factors to take into consideration above and beyond the risks of working at height, for example, when working in an environment with an explosive atmosphere.

Working in environments with explosive atmospheres offer their own risks and dangers which, combined with working at height, makes them an even more high-risk work environment.

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