Mast Cableway Rescue
Work Positioning
Applies to:
- If an operative is fully reliant upon a work positioning system then a secondary system is generally required as a backup in case of failure.
- The secondary system may be a work positioning system or, as in most cases, a fall arrest system.
- One of the main advantages of work positioning is having your hands free to work.
- If workers are able to see the benefits then they are more likely to use a system.
- Equipment for work positioning is designed to cope with static loads on a regular basis, not for dynamic loads such as those imposed by a fall.
- The care, use and maintenance of work positioning equipment is covered by LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations).
- Workers will generally require training to help with the correct usage and ensure that they comply with the demands of LOLER