Scaffolders Insurance

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.