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News Release from: Engineering Equipment & Materials Users | Subject: EEMUA Publication 105
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 December 2004
Major cause of workplace fatalities
Falling from height is a major cause of workplace fatalities - new EEMUA publication provides safety guidelines.
EEMUA Publication 105 provides safety guidelines for design and provision of factory stairways, access platforms, ramps and ladders Latest figures from the HSE* show that between 2003/2004, 67 people died and nearly 4000 suffered a serious injury as a result of a fall from height in the workplace
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 11 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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In order to help employers avoid such incidents, and their very substantial consequences, EEMUA - The Engineering Equipment and Materials Users' Association - has produced Safety Guidelines for the design and construction of factory stairways, ladders, access platforms and ramps.
Falls from height are the most common cause of fatal injury and the second most common cause of major injury to employees, accounting for 13% of all such injuries, of which 55% were as a result of falling from a height of more than 2m.
The EEMUA Safety Guidelines provide a detailed and extensively illustrated 75-page manual covering regulations and codes, basic design and design methodology.
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The guide is intended for use by engineers, architects and those responsible for specifying access installations, and it has also proved extremely useful for access equipment manufacturers and their subcontractors who are developing new products to bring to market.
Use of the guidelines offers designers and specifiers a comprehensive source of design information in a single publication, thus saving time researching and collating information from a variety of sources, while ensuring a thorough review of the topic.
The guidelines provide information on factors affecting choice of means of access or escape, structural materials, slip resistance of finishes, loadings, fire escape requirements, specific requirements for ladders providing access to high structures, kicking plates, balustrades and handrails on factory stairways, fixed ladders (and requisite safety equipment), steel companion way ladders, ramps, platforms and walkways and much, much more - supported by extensive construction detail, many drawings and a comprehensive list of definitions.
The publication reference: ISBN 0 85931 041 8, can be purchased directly from EEMUA at www.eemua.co.uk As an industry Association of major owners and operators of engineering equipment, EEMUA represents "the users' voice" when it comes to engineering matters.
Besides "Factory stairways, ladders and handrails", EEMUA publishes over 60 other technical Guides, Handbooks, Specifications and Standards on a wide range of engineering subjects.
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