Are safety gates on scaffold now law (1 Viewer)

grafter

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Are safety gates on scaffolds law now as company I work for doesn't have them
 
If there is a gap in the scaffold where some one can fall, it is not a safe scaffold and you are leaving yourself ..... wide open.... to letters from solicitors if some one falls. Hence the way around closing down a gap is the use of a gate or hatch for ladder access. A tube on a swivel is accepted among a few other options.
 
Some jobs you cant get gates on etc. I just write in tag must wear harness. But if your house bashing etc i do not see why you wouldnt put a gate on or an access tower.
 
I don't think grafter's bothered with this and his other threads anymore.
 
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