BS 5974:2017

BS 5974:2017 gives recommendations for the selection, design, installation, inspection, thorough examination, use and maintenance of temporary installed suspended access equipment/ systems (TSAE), as defined in BS EN 1808.

Non?standard installations are covered by this British Standard.

Steeplejacks and steeplejack operations are not covered by this British Standard.

This British Standard is not applicable to permanently installed suspended access equipment which are covered by BS 6037?1.

Requirements for slung scaffolds, being TSPs on scaffold tubes or wire ropes, but which cannot be raised or lowered by the user, are given in BS EN 12811?1.


Cross References:
BS EN 60529:1992+A2:2013
BS EN 1991-1-4:2005+A1:2010
BS EN 74-1:2005
BS EN 12811-1:2003
BS EN 795:2012
BS 7375:2010
BS EN 1808:2015
BS 7883:2005
BS EN 1995-1-1:2004+A2:2014
BS EN 60309-2:1999+A2:2012
BS 4444:1989
Shipbuilding and Ship repairing Regulations 1960
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998
HSE L22:1998
Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations 2015
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Work at Height Regulations 2005
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
HSE L113:1998
Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2002
BS ISO 4309:2010
BS 6037-1:2003


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