05.08.2015

New guidance for suspended façade access

UK based SAEMA, the Specialist Access Engineering & Maintenance Association which focuses on the façade access industry, has published new guidance for permanently installed suspended access platforms - ‘Guidance on the use of permanent suspended access equipment’.

The guidance document covers everything from the responsibilities of the duty holder through to safe use and statutory record keeping.
In addition to referring the reader to the relevant standards and regulations, the document also covers the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), rigging platforms, dealing with breakdowns and malfunctions, and what procedures need to be followed upon completion of the installation.
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SAEMA secretary Trevor Fennell said: “It is essential that these projects are carried out to the highest standards in accordance with the latest official criteria. This new document is intended to ensure that these criteria are understood and met in full so that operatives stay safe. There can be no room for complacency when they are suspended hundreds of metres above the ground.”
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Permanently installed suspended access platform