Many businesses and organisations across the UK are getting ready to open offices, factories, warehouses, shopping centres and museums. There’s hopefully not long left to go before the latest national lockdown restrictions are lifted. So as we come down through the tiers and start thinking about getting back to working at height after lockdown, what should we consider?
To help your planning efforts, we’ve compiled this handy checklist guide. It’s organised into sections so you can easily tick off key focus areas as you go.
Preparations of the building/site
Advising employees and visitors
Preparing for social distancing
Limit outside access
Practice good hygiene
Offer improved ventilation
Hopefully, this checklist will help you prepare, at a glance, to return to working at height after lockdown. A few months back, we prepared another comprehensive guide for returning to working at height after COVID. If you’d like to read more on the topic, part one is available here. If we all work diligently to adhere to government guidelines, we can help reduce the spread and make our return to normalcy that much faster.
Simple precautions, planning and detailed risk assessments can make a big difference. Taking action now to prepare will help protect your employees and your organisation when you are ready to return to work.
Are you struggling to understand the new risks on your site or building? We offer a site survey and risk assessment support service, to help you find the right working at height solution and to help your business adapt to operating safely during coronavirus outbreak.
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**This guidance was correct at time of publishing. We will endeavour to keep this information up to date.