 Dozens of people die each year from falls in the workplace and thousands more are injured.
Working at height can include many different tasks such as maintaining guttering, pruning trees or using a footstool or ladders to clean windows. It also includes working at ground level where there is a risk of falling, such as working around trapdoors or inspection pits.
Health and safety law, including working at height, is enforced by our Environmental Health Officers.
 To help you to understand and comply with the working at height regulations, we have made a short film.
It is aimed at the self-employed and small to medium sized businesses and explains the law in a straightforward and entertaining way.
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Your comments
Your comments on this video will be gratefully received.
If you need any more information or advice from us, either contact Environmental Health on 01283 221000 or leave a message and your contact details in the comments box below.
If you have had a letter from us and the contact details on the letter are incorrect, please leave any changes in the comments box below.
If your reply is detailed enough, we may not need to make a follow-up inspection.
External links
The Health & Safety Executive provide statistics, information, guidance and news.
Health & Safety Executive - Shattered Lives (External link)
Myth of the Month - If a pupil is hurt, the teacher is likely to be sued (External link)
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