[poleman]

http://www.ppconstructionsafety.com/newsdesk/2010/05/11/client-responsible-for-window-cleaner-fall/

[poleman]

 the window cleaning company was fined £5,ooo!!!!

[Jack Wallace]

You don’t ever seem to hear about private householders being taken to court and fined yet ladder monkeys are often falling and injuring themselves on domestics.

If a few householders were fined it might make people sit up and think twice, There is an alternative to dangerous practices and it should be employed.

[Ian W]

As I have said before, it is statistically more dangerous on the road than climbing a ladder. Please stop going on about it folks, it's getting boring now...  :

[woody1]

if we are ladder monkeys your girls that are scared of heights, and like playing with long poles alday

[andyjm1]

You don’t ever seem to hear about private householders being taken to court and fined yet ladder monkeys are often falling and injuring themselves on domestics.

If a few householders were fined it might make people sit up and think twice, There is an alternative to dangerous practices and it should be employed.

The MHSW Regulations don't apply to domestic work in a private household.

[andyjm1]

As I have said before, it is statistically more dangerous on the road than climbing a ladder. Please stop going on about it folks, it's getting boring now...  :

Sounds interesting, have you got a link for those statistics please Ian?

[Ian W]

You will find all the info here.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html

[Jack Wallace]

We all have to cross roads from time to time but we dont HAVE to climb ladders.

If you bring it into context which is more relavent here, what are the stats for falling of a pole? 

[andyjm1]

You will find all the info here.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html

Can't find anything about people falling off ladders. 

[david willis]

the window cleaning company was fined £5,ooo!!!!

And that is just a direct cost

Think of how much it has cost them with in direct costs, would you now as a local business contract them to clean your property?

Direct fines only equate to around 10% of the overall costs following an accident.

[david willis]

You will find all the info here.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html

Can't find anything about people falling off ladders. 

http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causinj/falls.htm

[james44]

http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causinj/slips.htm

[poleman]

time to ban the ladder monkeys and been done with it 

[AuRavelling79]

Thanks for the info poleman. I will use this in my conversations with potential customers.

[Sunshine/Cleaning]

Thanks for the info this is a really good document for commercial work:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg368.pdf

[JRDEasiReach]

Once again i think the customer should make the choice to have a water fed pole operator at their house.  The time is near lads.

[Ian W]

You will find all the info here.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html

Can't find anything about people falling off ladders. 

Damn, they aren't there any more. 

The basic figures were something like 12 deaths a year from ladders and over 300 from road users. Or something like that...

I will see if I can find the proper study later.

[Window Washers]

You will find all the info here.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html

Can't find anything about people falling off ladders. 

Damn, they aren't there any more. 

The basic figures were something like 12 deaths a year from ladders and over 300 from road users. Or something like that...

I will see if I can find the proper study later.

do you not think 12 dead poeple is enough ? : if it was your dad or brother would you think different ?

for day in day out use ladders imo should be minamised as there is no reason for it. I clean both trad and wfp and was trad years before switching, but I only go up a ladder for access never will I would on one all day as there is no need.

[andyjm1]

You'd expect the figure for road deaths to be a lot higher because many more people use roads everyday compared to ladders.