Working at heights

Date Posted: Jan 6

The only way is up!

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Steve Burke,

British Safety Services

British Safety Services (BSS) is an international consultancy offering advice and training on health and safety issues.

As the Middle East continues its fast growth programme, safety measures for Working at Heights become more important than ever, says Steve Burke of BSS.

As Dubai celebrated Eid 2010, Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise quietly went where no man has gone before – and perched on top of Burj Kalifa, the tallest building in the world.

During a scene being shot for Mission Impossible IV in Dubai in November, a figure was clearly seen on top of the famous skyscraper, which stands at 2,717 feet. Reports are it was Cruise himself, known for shooting his own stunts.

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Date Posted: Apr 6

Working Safely at Height – A problem, an opportunity or just everyday life?

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By Pat McLoughlin, Managing Director, British Safety Services

Rumours abound – again – that us safety folk want to ban people working at height.  Well rest easy, because that’s all it is – rumours.

We all know that nothing in life can be 100% safe. We strive to make things as safe as possible by doing a risk assessment, considering the dangers and applying suitable controls. However, sometimes we find it difficult to agree on just what constitutes ‘suitable controls’.

Articles like this tend to concentrate on legal duties (where laws exist) and have a nasty habit of going on about ‘International Standards and laws’ usually as a way of telling you how to manage your work.

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Date Posted: Nov 6

Theme of article: Working at height – the competence issue

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What is working at height?

“It is a place of work where a person may be injured falling from it, even if the place of work is at or below ground level

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