Welcome To the
All-Party parliamentary group on working at height
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Working at Height brings together MPs and Peers with Government, industry leaders, trade associations, SMEs and contractors to raise awareness of the risks of working at height.
Falls from height and falling objects from height account for the highest number of preventable fatalities and injuries across all sectors in UK industry.
The Group’s aim is to understand the root causes and propose effective, sensible measures to reduce this toll and send people safely home from work.
APPG Officers
Officers can be drawn from any political party and the House of Lords
Staying Alive:
Preventing Serious Injuries and Fatalities while Working at Height by Stopping Fall
The report made four recommendations and two areas for further consultation
Recommendations
- Enhanced RIDDOR reporting without an additional burden on industry
- Appointment of a confidential reporting body for all near misses and accidents that do not qualify for RIDDOR reporting
- Extension of Working Well Together safety campaigns to industries outside construction sector
- An equivalent system to Scotland's Fatal Accident Inquiry process to be extended to the rest of the UK
Opportunities for further consultation
- Creation of a digital technology strategy, including tax relief to enable SME's and sole traders to invest in new technology
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A major review of work at height culture, including an investigation into the suitability of legally binding financial penalties in health and safety
Group documents
Minutes of the 9 September 2020 meeting of the APPG on Working at Height
Minutes of the 3 June 2020 meeting of the APPG on Working at Height
Minutes of the 28 January 2020 meeting of the APPG on Working at Height
Minutes of the 23 October 2019 meeting of the APPG on Working at Height
Upcoming Events
Meeting with Sarah Newton, Chair of the Health and Safety Executive
We will be hearing from Sarah Newton about the Health and Safety Executive’s current work to prevent workplace deaths including the new Discovering Safety campaign. We will also be considering how the HSE can work with industry to ensure the campaign is a success and what more may need to be done to prevent workplace deaths.
- 2 - 3pm
- Virtual
The No Falls Charter
The No Falls Foundation will speak about its upcoming No Falls Charter, a unique initiative that embodies best practice and will allow organisations to prevent falls from height. The meeting will focus on the aims of the Charter as well as explore the importance of reporting near misses.
- TBC
- Virtual
The case for enhanced RIDDOR reporting
July’s meeting will focus on the benefits of enhanced reporting, the APPG on Working at Height’s headline recommendation. We will consider ways to make the strongest case to government to support the change to RIDDOR reporting.
- TBC
- Virtual
How a digital technology strategy can help prevent working at height fatalities
The meeting will consider the power of technology in preventing serious injuries and fatalities while working at height. We will discuss the ways in which we can encourage greater use of technology throughout the working at height sector in order to save lives.
- TBC
- Virtual
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The APPG for Working at Height is being run in conjunction with the Access Industry Forum.