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Ladder Safety
Working at height involving ladders is used daily with the increase height incidents occurring during daily activities. It is important to us that there is a safe mean of providing a solution in preventing falling from height when working.
By securing the ladder with Ladder Restraint system can prevent the user from slipping and work safely with the appropriate system.
Ladder Restraints
We are approved and certified contractors to install our Ladder restraints system stainless steel J Hooks anchor system with resin fixed bonding into the structural concrete / brick wall. Two ratchet straps with two hooks are installed at each end and are secured to the ladder. The user will use short link ropes wrapped around the rung and connected onto the operator (user) fall arrest harness allowing the operator both hands are free to carry out their tasks.
The advantage
We will install the J-Hook anchor system to the structural wall and a tensile test to 2.5kN is conduct to each J-Hook once the resin bonding is cured.
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No bolts or nuts will appear on the internal cavity or single solid concrete / brick wall making the wall looks aesthetic pleasing from the inside.
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Prevents ladders slipping out at the foot and restricts “Jumping” across at the top.
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Ratchet type straps enable tensioning of straps even with unequal lengths.
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The ladder is made safe from low level.
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A full body harness can be used to secure the user to the ladder via a very short link thus providing a fall prevention system
Secure Ladder System
The Secure Ladder System has been specially developed to enable portable ladders to be secured against a suitable structure such that a fall prevention system can be used on the ladder. The system is suitable for maintenance, painting, gaining access and other uses where short duration use of the ladder is justified and other means of doing the job or providing access are not feasible.
Regulations
The Work at Height Regulations – Section 6 - recommend that Ladders should be used only if a risk assessment has demonstrated that the use of more suitable equipment is not justified because of low risk or short duration. This usually means that ladders may not be used for window cleaning if the use of a “Reach and Wash” system is feasible but some applications may be suitable where the application makes other approaches unfeasible. This system has been approved by the HSE for use, for instance, in the poster industry.
* BS 8437:2005* Code of Practice for selection, use and maintenance of personal fall protection systems and equipment for use in the workplace states in section 16.6.3.1 Portable ladders: “A connection to a portable ladder should only be made if the top of the ladder is adequately secured and the system has been tested connected to such a ladder”. The restraint system is deemed to secure the ladder adequately at the top and has been drop tested for use as described above.
The Secure Ladder System comprises 2 Ladder Restraint Straps and sufficient “J” Hooks fixed to the structure to cover the locations required. Hooks are positioned at convenient points on either side of ladder positions and often shared between locations. Sometimes this results in different hook spacing for different locations.
Straps are made from webbing and have a loop at one end for attachment to the ladder, a ratchet for tensioning the strap and a snap hook to attach it to the structure.
“J” Hooks are formed from grade A4 stainless steel and are bonded into the structure using an injection resin. (Where hooks are required to be used immediately or for temporary use a nylon plug may be used with screw in eye.)
Position and installation of “J” Hooks.
Prior to use the “J” Hooks are embedded in the wall using an injection resin. The wall must be sufficiently strong to support the tension induced by the straps when set; both cavity and solid (9”) brick walls are usually strong enough. Once the resin is cured hooks are tested to a tensile load of 2.5kN.
Use of the System.
Ladder Restraint Straps are reeved around the outer style of the ladder (using the loop in one end of the strap) at a position closest to the “J” hook to keep strap length as short as possible. Straps may be left in position on the ladder during the working day.
The strap is attached to the restraint hook by means of the snap hook on the strap and the slack taken out of the strap. Each strap is then tensioned independently using the ratchets. The ladder is now effectively fixed in its position and cannot slip out at the foot or be jumper across at the top.
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