Collective means of protection for work at height are systems such as guardrails, walkways or another type of work platform, serving to prevent falls and which, in short, avoid the use of PPE specifically intended to protect against falls from height.
Why mount collective means of protection?
As established in the regulations and standards, the use of collective means of protection take priority over personal means of protective.
Occupational Risk Prevention Act, 31/1995 expressly establishes that collective means of protection shall take priority over personal ones:
With regard to collective means of protection there are a number of applicable standards and regulations.
There are many different types of collective means of protection
There is a great deal of confusion with regard to the regulations to be applied to guardrails.
As far as regulations are concerned, different criteria are followed for:
The differences between all these regulations means that, before mounting the appropriate guardrail, the application type must be clearly established.
ISO 14.122-3 is the applicable industrial standard followed at Elytra.
This standard establishes that:
These are the different types of guardrails available at Elytra:
This is the most popular type installed by Elytra.
This guardrail can be mounted and installed with no need to drill holes in floors or walls.
This is the best way to ensure that the fixings do not damage the integrity of the roof surface.
With regard to the uprights or stanchions, Elytra offers a range of styles:
This is the most popular type of profile, as it is the most inexpensive option.
In the case of walkways, in addition to the provisions of section 2 of the above-mentioned ISO 14.122, there is also another standard, namely EN 516, that regulates prefabricated accessories for roofing, and which also covers walkways.
With regard to the walkways regulated in the same standard EN 14.122-3 it should be mentioned that:
Due to the application for which the walkways are installed, there must be steps that can be adjusted according to the pitch of the roof.
The standard also differentiates between:
Due to the existence of this class, the resistance demands set out in this standard are stricter than those indicated in ISO 14.122-3. The standard also defines the conditions for walkways equipped with anchorage points, although no mention is made of the guardrails.
With regard to the platform width, walkways on roofing are narrower, and should be at least 400 mm.
So, based on the application and the place of installation, walkways could be one of two types. Classes.