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Risk

Working at height

The task, the access, and the fall control.

On the file
Whether the height can be avoided, the access chosen, and the fall control.
Duty
Work at Height Regulations 2005
Where it is used
On the task, before anyone goes up.

What it does

Avoid the height if it can be done from the ground.
The access chosen, and why a ladder is not the default.
The fall control, and who is cleared to use it.

On the file

Whether it can be done from the ground
The access chosen, and why
Why a ladder is not the default
The fall control
Who is cleared to use it

Why digital

Against a paper file, a spreadsheet, or a folder in the cabin.

The assessment sits next to the permit and the scaffold inspection.
Who is cleared is taken from the training record, not a guess.

The duty

UK law. We name it. We do not invent a badge.

Work at Height Regulations 2005
Avoid, prevent, minimise. The hierarchy is the assessment.

Who uses it
The supervisor planning the access. Who is cleared is read from the training record.
Sits with
Next to the work-at-height permit and the scaffold inspection.
What good looks like
The order is on the record: avoid, then prevent, then minimise. The people named are cleared.

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