Working at Height Assessments
Practical working from height risk assessments for industrial, manufacturing and maintenance environments. We help identify fall hazards, review access methods, assess rescue arrangements and recommend proportionate control measures to keep personnel safe and compliant.
Working from Height Risk Assessments
Working at height remains one of the highest-risk activities in industrial environments, particularly where access is required to platforms, machinery, mezzanines, conveyors, racking, tanks, roofs or maintenance areas.
Neuguard provides clear, practical working from height assessments that consider the real task being carried out, the surrounding environment, the equipment used and the people exposed to the hazard. We assess whether existing access arrangements are suitable and whether further controls are required to reduce the risk of falls, dropped objects or unsafe rescue situations.
Access, Fall Protection and Rescue Planning
A suitable working from height assessment should not stop at identifying the fall hazard. It should also consider how personnel gain access, how falls are prevented or arrested, and how a person would be rescued if something went wrong.
We can review fixed ladders, platforms, edge protection, restraint systems, fall arrest equipment, anchor points, MEWPs, temporary access equipment and rescue plans/arrangements.
Where required, we can help develop a task-specific rescue plan that reflects the actual site constraints rather than relying on generic emergency procedures.
Industrial and Machinery Environments
Many working from height risks occur around machinery, automation and production equipment where standard access solutions may not be suitable. Robot cells, conveyors, gantries, stillages, lifters and process machinery can introduce additional hazards, including moving equipment, restricted access, isolation requirements and difficult rescue conditions.
Our assessments are written with these environments in mind.
We consider machinery hazards, isolation requirements, safe access routes, maintenance tasks and foreseeable interventions so that the recommended controls are realistic, defensible and practical for the site team to implement.
Need support with working from height safety?
Whether you need a single task reviewed, a site-wide assessment, or support with a complex access and rescue issue, we can help you identify the risks and put practical control measures in place.