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Installation of Vertical Greening Systems

1. Introduction

1.1. Health and safety issues relating to the installation of vertical greening systems

Working at Height means work in any place where, if appropriate precautions are not taken, a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury. You are working at height if you:

  • work above ground/floor level

  • could fall from an edge, through an opening or fragile surface or

  • could fall from ground level into an opening in a floor or a hole in the ground

Work at height does not include a slip or a trip on the level, as a fall from height has to involve a fall from one level to a lower level, nor does it include walking up and down a permanent staircase in a building.

Working at Height Regulations United Kingdom

The UK Working at Height Regulations (2005) applies to all work at height, where there is risk of a fall liable to cause personal injury [1, 2, 3]. They place duties on employers, and those who control any work at height activity (such as facilities managers or building owners who may contract others to work at height). As part of the Regulations, you must ensure that:

  • all work at height is properly planned and organised

  • those involved in working at height are competent

  • the risks from working at height are assessed, and appropriate work equipment is selected and used

  • the risks of working on or near fragile surfaces are properly managed

  • the equipment used for working at height is properly inspected and maintained

Working at Height Regulations Slovenia

In Slovenia Working at Height is regulated by the following:


  • Decree on the assurance of safety and health requirements at temporary and mobile construction sites (Uradni list RS, št. 83/05 in 43/11 – ZVZD-1) [4]

  • European parliament Directive 89/391/EGS [5]

  • European parliament Directive 2001/45/ES [6]

  • European Commission optional instructions: Good conduct for implementation of Directive 2001/45/ES (working at height)[7]

 

Working at Height Regulations Netherlands

There are several laws and guidelines about working at height [8]:

  • Article 3.16 – Preventing the risk of falling [9]

  • Article 7.23a – Use of equipment for working at height such as ladders, scaffolding and stairs [10]

 


Resources
  1. UK Work at Height Regulations 2005 

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/735/contents/made

  1. UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Working at Height checklist and information

http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/workingatheight.htm

  1. UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Working at Height – a brief guide

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg401.pdf

  1. Decree on the assurance of safety and health requirements at temporary and mobile construction sites

http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=URED3783

  1. European parliament Directive 89/391/EGS

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/SL/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A31989L0656

  1. European parliament  Directive 2001/45/ES

http://www.mddsz.gov.si/fileadmin/mddsz.gov.si/pageuploads/dokumenti__pdf/word/32001L0045-SL.doc

  1. Good conduct for the implementation of Directive 2001/45/ES

https://www.google.si/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwilhan1h8TSAhXECBoKHdI5AIIQFggaMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.osha.mddsz.gov.si%2Fresources%2Ffiles%2Fpdf%2Fvisina-smernice.pdf&usg=AFQjCNGVPMp8sP6ArrEMjI1lHvj97HwoYg 

  1. Working at height

https://www.arboportaal.nl/onderwerpen/werken-op-hoogte

  1. Article 3.16

http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0008498/2016-10-11#Hoofdstuk3_Afdeling1_Paragraaf4_Artikel3.16

  1. Article 7.23a
http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0008498/2017-01-01#Hoofdstuk7_Afdeling4_Paragraaf2b_Artikel7.23a