Inspections · UK duty guide
Harness inspections
The fall-arrest kit, and the date it was last checked.
On the file
The harness, lanyard, and anchor, and whether they are in date.
Duty
Work at Height Regulations 2005
Where it is used
On the kit, before it is issued.
What the duty covers
- Harness, lanyard, and anchor. In date, or not.
- A pre-use check, and the thorough inspection.
- Kit that fails is taken out. It does not go back in the bag.
On the file
- Harness, lanyard, and anchor
- The pre-use check
- The thorough inspection, and its date
- A fail, and that the kit is taken out
How this duty should sit
These notes describe how the duty can sit on a digital record. This page is a guide to a UK duty. It is not a screen in EHSync Safety.
- The inspection history is on the kit, not in a folder.
- Out of date is visible before it is issued.
The duty
The UK law we work to, by name.
Work at Height Regulations 2005
Fall-arrest equipment inspected, and withdrawn if it fails.
PPE at Work Regulations 1992
Maintained, and in good repair.
Who uses it
The person doing the pre-use check, and the person who does the thorough inspection.
Sits with
With the work-at-height permit, and the training record of the person using it.
What good looks like
Out of date is visible before it is issued. A fail does not go back in the bag.
Also in Inspections
All guides- Safety inspectionsA check for the thing in front of the supervisor, on a phone, with a photo.
- Safety auditsA deeper check against the system, not a walk-round.
- Welfare inspectionsThe facilities the job is supposed to have, and the state they are in.
- Scaffold and laddersThe register, and the inspection that keeps it current.