Help and Support

General

• Overview
• Manager or User?
• Billing
• Types of Ladders
• Ladder parts and components
• Ladder safety standards
• Inspection cycles

Organisations

Organisations are a way to group users and ladders together. A manager can be a member of more than one organisation.

• Add a new organisation

Users

• Add a new user

Ladders

• Add a new ladder
• Assign a ladder to a user
• Dispose of a ladder

Inspections

• Complete an inspection
• Resolve problems when a ladder fails an inspection

The following was taken from the Ladder Association's Code of Practice.

Legislation

• Health & Safety at Work (etc.) Act
• Work at Height Regulations
• Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations
• Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
• Construction (Design & Management) Regulations
• Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations
• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases & Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations
• Manual Handling Operations Regulations.

Other regulations may also apply depending on the location and type of work being carried out.

Guidance

• Safe use of ladders and stepladders - A brief guide, Ladder Association, LA455 (formerly INDG455)
• Working at Height – A brief guide, Health and Safety Executive, INDG401
• Inspection and Reports, Health and Safety Executive, CIS47
• Protecting the public: Your next move, Health and Safety Executive, HSG151
• Health and safety in roof work, Health and Safety Executive, HSG33 (includes guidance on roof ladders).

Additional References

In conjunction with the Ladder Association's Code of Practice, users should refer to the following:

• Safety Guidance on Portable Ladders, Ladder Association
• Safety Guidance on Telescopic Ladders, Ladder Association
• Protecting lone workers: How to manage the risks of working alone, HSE, INDG73
• Manual handling at work: A brief guide, HSE, INDG143
• Work at height web pages on the HSE website.
• Guidance on the selection and use of ladders by the Ladder Association.