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Scaffolders Insurance

Jensten Insurance Brokers can arrange tailored insurance solutions for scaffolding businesses like yours.

What Is Scaffolders Insurance?

Keeping your staff and clients safe is essential when carrying out works. Accidents and damage are amongst the most common claims while doing work on buildings whilst using scaffolding.

When carrying out works on buildings, having the correct insurance is often a compulsory requirement to enable you to carry out works. A policy may include much more than just public liability, which assists in claims which are related to property and third party damage while working on a building or construction site with scaffolding.

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What does Scaffolders Insurance cover?

Cover can include:

Transporting equipment for a scaffolding project can open you to both the risks of damage and theft. For larger projects especially the process of transporting the necessary equipment can be complex and lead to problems in both areas. We can help mitigate these risks with your policy, get in contact today so we can understand your unique requirements
EL – is a legal requirement if you have any staff, full-time, part-time or contracted. EL insurance protects employers’ from compensation claims from their employees should a claim be made against them for loss or injury at work. Your policy must have a minimum of £5m cover, with £10m being the industry standard.
If a member of the public is injured or their property damaged while on your premises, you can be held liable. Public liability insurance will protect you financially should you be sued for damages.
Covers damage to tools belonging to employees, principals, partners, or directors from loss or theft.

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With our team of brokers, you can be confident in the fact that your claim will be dealt with in a respectful and efficient manner by our specialist team. We will do our best to give you and your business the tools to continue to conduct your construction and scaffolding contracts with tailored protection.

For more information on Scaffolding Insurance, simply contact the team. They will be more than happy to discuss your policy needs and answer any questions you may have.

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Our skilled team can help advise the necessary steps to ensure you are compliant with your new policy. The general requirements we often advise are:

  • Employers are required to ensure that all work at height (even under 2 metres) is properly planned and organised. Those involved with the work at height must be competent and the risks assessed and properly controlled with appropriate work equipment. All required equipment should be properly inspected and maintained.
  • Fall protection for your workers can consist of personal fall arrest systems, guardrail systems and working platforms.
  • For construction & structural engineering work, handrails should have a minimum height of 950 millimetres. Any gap between the top rain and intermediate rails should not exceed 470 millimetres.
  • Scaffolds should be erected, moved, dismantled or altered only under the supervision of a competent person that is qualified to ensure such activities are done safely.
  • All scaffolding should follow a generally recognised standard configuration. Examples are the National Access and Scaffolding Contractors (NASC) guide or the manufacturers guidance for system handrails. If scaffolds, due to complexity or size, cannot follow these established configurations, they should be designed in accordance to BS EN 12811 or based on fundamental engineering principles.