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equipment that reflects current To ensure the guidance remains
industry good practice. The Health current, obsolete products and
and Safety Committee working party methods of working have
tasked with carrying out the review been removed. New sections
considered accident learning, legal have been introduced to
cases, good industry practices and support employers
new technology for fall prevention in establishing
and protection. safe systems of work
This Includes using the information
from the current NASC 2020 Safety
Report, which documents and Whilst the guidance contained
analyses accident and injury statistics within BS 5975 is not a legal
for our full contracting members. requirement, many Health and
To ensure the guidance remains Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors,
current, obsolete products and when visiting sites, may expect to
methods of working that are no see evidence that adequate and
longer in common use have been appropriate controls are in place for
removed. New sections have been the management of temporary works
introduced or further guidance and often cite this document as the
provided to protect scaffolders and expected norm to be used within
support employers in establishing the industry.
safe systems of work. The NASC has therefore produced
Examples of new or enhanced a brief and concise guide to assist
guidance in the forthcoming edition scaffolding contractors and others
of SG4 for preventing or protecting involved with the delivery and
against falls include: management of temporary works.
l Work on or near fragile surfaces SG45:22 Management of Temporary
l Safety for the construction of Works to BS 5975 will shortly be
traditional temporary roofs available and contains details of the
l Sheeting and cladding operations basic requirements included within
l Working with system scaffold BS 5975, how these are currently
Scope of SG4 Update Updated SG4:15 decking interpreted and administered
The review of SG4:15 Preventing offers guidance throughout the industry and essential
Falls in Scaffolding Operations on safe systems Guidance on the guidance for scaffolding contractors.
of work
began in January 2020, however requirements of BS 5975 Further and more detailed
the progress of the review has BS 5975 ‘Code of practice for guidance regarding the management
been impacted by the global temporary works procedures and of temporary works can be found
coronavirus pandemic. the permissible stress design of in the guidance document recently
The NASC is pleased to report falsework’ was last revised in 2019. produced by the Temporary Works
that the final draft of the updated Despite its title, this document Forum – ‘Effective management of
management guide is nearing includes information regarding scaffolding to
completion and due to be released procedural controls for the BS 5975:2019’
this Spring. It is intended that management of temporary works, (the TWf Guide).
the guide will be supported once which not only apply to falsework, A copy of the
again by a pocket book user guide but also to all types of scaffolding. TWf Guide can
(SG4:You). Many scaffolding contractors are be downloaded,
The focus of the review has unaware of these requirements free of charge,
been to ensure that the guidance or the potential relevance to their from the TWf
features methods of work and operations. website. l
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