Strengthen UK law to prevent unsafe interference with scaffolding and access

Background

Amend the Work at Height Regulations 2005 to introduce specific legal controls for unauthorised interference with installed scaffolding, a mandatory visible inspection-status system, and competent-person requirements for the installation, removal, relocation and alteration of scaffold ladder access.

Additional details

Scaffolds can become unsafe after inspection through interference. We ask Government to: 1) prohibit unauthorised scaffold alteration by users and other trades, with interference reported and affected areas stopped pending assessment; 2) require a visible standardised SAFE TO USE/DO NOT USE inspection status; and 3) require competent installation, removal or alteration of scaffold ladders, with safer access controls considered.

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