Scottish Water Installs ‘Quadrant' Fall Protection
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Business
Scottish Water Has Enhanced Its Safety Measures for Staff & Contractors Working at Height with the Development of a New Fall Protection System Covering Its Wet Well Chambers
The company has devised a four-part (quadrant) fall protection grid for access covers to wet wells in collaboration with secure access specialist, Technocover.
The hinged grids each work independently to allow easier removal and replacement of pumps and other maintenance tasks while restricting the area of open chamber to prevent a worker falling through.
Concept units engineered, manufactured and installed by Technocover have been successfully trialled over several months at a number of Scottish Water sites. Trials have proved the system's compatibility with upstand and flush-fitting wet well covers. The design also has potential for retrofit on existing access covers.
The new internal covers reduce the risks of a fall and support Scottish Water's compliance with the Work at Height Regulations (WAHR) 2005. Four-part fall protection is set to be adopted as a new standard for internal safety cover design on all access covers installed on new build Scottish Water submersible pumping chambers.
Malcolm Tierney, Safety & Performance Team Manager at Scottish Water, said: "People often fail to appreciate the significant fall from height risk which exists in relation to working over open underground chambers and tanks. Generally this is because they are standing on firm and level ground and do not perceive the fall risk to be as great as that of working on scaffolds, roofs, ladders and other above-ground locations."
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