The UK Health & Safety Executive states safety nets to be the ‘preferred method of fall arrest when working at height’, as safety nets provide a higher level of protection than individual Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). In short, the dangers of working at height can be significantly reduced by effective safety net systems.
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safety nets save lives
In the period 1998 - 2003, 429 people have been killed on construction sites in the UK,
210 of those were killed as a result of a fall from height,
nearly one person every week on average.
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Safety netting in combination with an effective edge protection system can often provide a faster safer and cheaper alternative to traditional methods by proving a complete safety ‘envelope’ around workers.
This allows all your fall protection requirements to be handled by us with minimum disruption to your working needs.
Highly recommended by the HSE (press release E252:98) Safety nets offer complete safety for all trades and personnel where other fall arrest systems are not viable, practical, or used, Not only can they prevent injuries to personnel falling from high level working platforms, but with the inclusion of debris netting they can also provide protection from falling objects on all construction projects.
Any workplace requiring personnel to work at height is potentially hazardous and life threatening. An effective safety net system reduces this danger and is increasingly becoming the method of choice in providing safe working at height. The UK Health & Safety Executive state safety nets to be the ‘preferred method of fall arrest when working at height’, as safety nets provide a higher level of protection than individual Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). In short, the dangers of working at height can be significantly minimized by gulftec safety net systems
We have a small team of experienced staff specializing in rigging work, who can provide safety systems for all applications we can provide a competitive pricing structure for all safety netting and fall protection requirements.
The safety nets can be combined with a debris liner to provide both personnel and debris protection in one system. The nets are available for a wide range of applications
When BY USING safety nets you will be workinG to protect others who have to work at height A basic understanding of the principles is therefore necessary.
Principles
Many activities are required to be carried out at height. It is important that these are carried out in a safe manner. It is a legal requirement, and it is clearly a moral obligation. There are many alternatives and options to be considered, from the use of access equipment (MEWPs, Scaffold, Stagings, etc), to the use of PPE (harness and lanyard). All have their place, and also have both advantages and restrictions.
Hierarchy of Hazard Management
Safety professionals mostly work through the following hierarchy to manage any hazard. By Trying all options from the first category, before moving progressively down the list.
1. Remove the Hazard (do the work another way)
2. Guard the Hazard (collective protection like scaffold)
3. Guard the worker (personal protection PPE, restraint system)
4. Mitigate the Impact of Hazard Realisation (fall arrest)
This method of hazard management is used universally for all types of hazard. Previously safety nets had always been considered a category ‘4’ solution (fall arrest equipment), but with the development of the flat spanning of the modern lightweight safety nets it has been generally accepted that, as long as it is within 2m of the worker (at mid span), a safety net can be argued to offer a category ‘2’ solution (collective protection).
The basis of the argument is that by fitting safety nets so close to the working level, they ‘prevent a fall likely to cause personal injury, and also offer a collective level of protection. As such they are an improvement on the use of harnesses and lanyards.
Fall Arrest V Fall Protection
Always minimise any possible fall. It is good practice, it minimises any potential injury, it improves worker confidence and it reduces wear and tear on the nets. Position the nets as close to the working level as possible.
Good Practice
It is always good practice to minimise any potential fall. Falls greater than 2m are generally accepted as likely to cause injury, and it is at this 2m point that fall prevention or fall arrest action is a requirement, however, miminising falls of any scale is good practice. It is also good practice to offer collective solutions (rather than personal), and to offer.
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