[elite mike]

speak for your  self roger

[Richard Holt]

Yes

But it was whilst doing a builders clean on a building site, didn't have the ladders fixed or footed, so it was just a polite but stern word in our ears.
Had to do the rest of the site with someone footing the ladders, took ages!!!

[Sir Squeaky]

speak for your  self roger

Just didn't want Tosh to feel "different"

[elite mike]

speak for your  self roger

Just didn't want Tosh to feel "different"

no more tea at tosh,s for you rog

[Sir Squeaky]

Always tasted of Rohypnol anyway...

[bad trippy]

Only on site work when i was plumbing
On site the health and safety officer is a right pain in the backside, very often making your work even more dangereous.
As regards cleaning windows never seen anybody

[gerard mcmanus]

back on the topic, a few voted that they had officials jar them, so what was the outcome how did things go? I was on a ladder, on a high-street today doing flats above shops, no probs at all.

[elite mike]

Always tasted of Rohypnol anyway...

No, that was the 'man fat' 

ive got to log off before i wet myself 

back on topic , i do a bit for avon council, and the new boss of the place i clean

advised me to go over to the pole system or lose the job

 

[adixon]

I read on here a whle ago that someone was cleaning property wfp had his signs out and a H & S inspectoer said that was good but he needed signs stating that he had signs out : wind up or not i dont know made me laugh

[JSMC]

I read on here a whle ago that someone was cleaning property wfp had his signs out and a H & S inspectoer said that was good but he needed signs stating that he had signs out : wind up or not i dont know made me laugh

wind up. sure we done something at college rwagrding this one night on my nebosh course. we were discussing if someone fell over  warning cones or soemthing. Was interesting and funny

[formb]

So just a quick yes/no if you have or haven't had anyone speak to you about proper use of a ladder, who was an official e.g. Health and safety officer or from the council.

Now I mean just walked up to you on the street, not meeting with HS after an accident or fall from a ladder, as its pretty much given if an employee had an accident they would do a little digging.

YES

Last year I was cleaning a shop front and the flat above with wfp. A council numpty in a hi viz jacket told me I has to stop as my hoses were creating a trip hazard. Not a problem I said I'll just get my ladder.... No he tells me I cannot use a ladder as first I would have to apply to the council for a licence to erect a ladder in the street, first submitting my risk assessment (which I do have, but it says to use wfp, much safer).

The final outcome was I told him to **** off and he did. Cleaned them every month since, not a peep from the high viz hero.

[gerard mcmanus]

Thats kind of the answer I was looking for, and think allot the people that posted yes would have had a similar situation. No fine or action taken just a guy being a nusence quoting rules with no intention of taking in further because of the larger implications of it. One window cleaner gets told he cant use a larder on a street and is fined for it, legally they would have just demolished the industry with one poke to far, and inevitably less tax being paid to the government, and allot more on the dole. Then guess what, no windies to whined up no more need for the check box guys either.

[Sir Squeaky]

One window cleaner gets told he cant use a larder on a street and is fined for it,

I sometimes take lunch with me, but that's excessive.

I agree with the post though, they won't do much. There's no "law"