At Safe Heights Cleaning Services we pride ourselves in being able to provide a safe and secure service to everyone involved whistle we work, therefore a full Risk Assessment is carried out before work commences to ensure that our clients and staff are fully aware of the Safe Method of Work to be followed on site this is done by our Health & Safety officer who is NEBOSH Certified.
Our window cleaners benefit from regular toolbox talks and training to continually improve their awareness to Health & Safety at the workplace.
All our equipment used on a daily basis are inspected and logged including ladders and our safety harnesses by our in-house qualified harness training instructor.
All our work is carried out in line with the following regulations:
Health & Safety at Work Act 1974,
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 (COSHH),
G S Guidance Notes Preventing Falls to Window Cleaners,
Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999,
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992,
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989,
Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992,
Provision & Use of Work Equipment 1998
Working @ Height Regulations 2005
MEWP'S: MOBILE ELEVATING WORK PLATFORMS
As not all areas can be reached using the water fed pole systems the other alternative which we are training to use are MEWPS (Powered Access Equipment) as we are part of Safe Heights Ltd who are a Powered Access company and who are a suppler of Powered Access Equpment, Service (LOLER Certification) and Platform Equipment Hire we are also advised in all aspects of working at height safely.
Please Find Below links to the HSE for guidance on window cleaning and working at height:
Before commencing work, Safe Heights Cleaning Services will provide a Method Statement and Risk Assessment on completion of securing all contract work.
