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Health, Safety & Environmental Bulletin No 446

15 January 2015

Ladders

Please see enclosed bulletin regarding ladders that was shared with us by ExxonMobil.

Although we don’t carry or work from from ladders, we still regularly use built in ladders for ascending
or descending from scaffold towers and MEWPs.

This study shows that the descent is the most hazardous activity, probably due to the person losing
focus and thinking of the next task rather than the current one.

According to the latest HSE statistics, in 2013/14 there were 19 fatal falls from height, 11 of which
were in the construction industry. A further 2895 major injuries and 3038 7-day injuries occurred from
falls from height.

Always keep your focus on the current task, even you don’t consider it a high risk task. Remember any
work at height, including ascending or descending a ladder is always a high risk task.

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