Ladders and stepladders are not banned under health and safety law. The law calls for a sensible, proportionate approach to managing risk, and ladders can be a sensible and practical option for low-risk, short-duration tasks, although they should not automatically be...
An asbestos management company has been fined and two of its employees have been jailed for failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure during a major refurbishment project in Plymouth Chelmsford Crown Court heard that in February 2017, concerns were raised by...
A construction company has been fined after an employee died as a result of falling from a mobile tower. Cambridge Magistrates Court heard how, on 15 September 2017, Sean Harding was working from a mobile tower levelling a steel beam that was seated on a door lintel....
We have two upcoming dates for our PASMA Towers for Users This is PASMA’s flagship course which is aimed at personnel who will be responsible for assembling, dismantling, moving and inspecting mobile access towers when using 3T or Advance Guardrail (AGR) systems This...
With the move to digital certificates, PASMA card holders will be able to download a copy of their training certificate from the PASMA website PASMA card holders can go to ; pasma.co.uk. Click on FAQ”S then Cards & Certificates and Check a Card Enter details...
As restrictions start to ease across the UK, PASMA training remains safe to do and widely available. If cards have lapsed over lockdown or new workers are using scaffold towers without one, now is the time to book them on a course. As we strive for normality, tower...
EN1004 -1:2020 Changes - What You Need To Know What is EN1004? EN1004 is a European standard for mobile access scaffold towers and it’s recommended that all mobile towers are built to the standard laid out in this specification. A product standard like EN1004...
We were saddened to learn about the injuries sustained by two workers who fell from an incorrectly assembled tower scaffold while installing signage at a retail premises in Prestwich. They both suffered fractures to their legs and ankles. The accident, which happened...
PASMA has teamed up with CSCS, the leading card scheme for the UK construction industry, to help managers check that anyone working with complex access towers is suitably qualified. COMING NEXT YEAR Starting in 2021, any Access Tower Specialist cards we issue will...
PASMA are relaunching our training scheme for complex aluminium access towers, and with it comes a new name for those who complete the challenging programme – they’ll be known as Access Tower Specialists and they can build all types of towers, including bespoke...
