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Health, Safety & Environmental Bulletin No 303

17 May 2012

Life Saving Rule Violation

Please see enclosed self-explanatory bulletin from JCI.

According to the latest HSE statistics, there were 9704 reportable accidents due to falls from height in
2010/2011. Of these 7557 were falls of less than 2m, and 20 were fatal.

Fall protection must be used, even for low level work at height, this includes work from shop roofs,
single layer towers, or from steps. The fall protection should preferably be in the form of barriers or
edge protection, if this is not practicable then harnesses with suitable lanyard and anchor point must be
used and the control measures clearly documented in your same system of work.

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