Risk Assessment: Electromechanical Erection

Workers Affected by Works Hazards

PREVENTIVE MEASURES

Access and Positioning Techniques by means of Ropes

Only when the risk assessment of the corresponding phase indicates that it is safe, providing there exist sufficient reasons for considering infeasible the use of other, safer work equipment may access and positioning techniques employing ropes be used.
The personnel who carry out work at heights applying this type of technique is to be duly qualified in accordance with procedure PC0713: Qualification of workers for jobs involving special hazards.
The access and positioning techniques to be applied are included in procedure ITS56: Use of personal protective equipment for temporary work at heights:

ACCESS SYSTEM:	SAFETY SYSTEMS (CONTINUED USE DURING ACCESS AND/OR POSITIONING):
Climbing using your hands and feet	Anchoring lanyard with absorber (combined with a sliding fall-arrest device) Y-shaped anchoring lanyard with energy-absorber Sliding fall-arrest device (on lanyard, rail or cable) Automatic repositioning systems (fall-arrest drum)
SISTEMA DE POSICIONAMIENTO:
Safety belt with an adjustable anchoring element

The worker is to secure tools and other accessories to the harness.
In the case of an emergency, it should be possible to immediately aid the worker.
Workers are to receive specific training regarding these operations, their hazards and preventive, protective and emergency measures.

Personal protection

Safety footwear.
Safety harness anchored to a solid, resistant point when working above 1.5 m in height.
Safety harness when using ladders (above 1.5 m in height) and elevating platforms (always).
Safety harness when using, erecting and dismantling scaffolding.
When necessary, the use of horizontal and/or vertical life-lines, fall-arrest drums, double lanyard or any other fall-arrest system that is necessary so as to have anchor points for the harness.

Procedures to apply

Design & Programming