Updated roof work guidance from HSE

HSG33 “Health and safety in roof work” . Third edition, December 2008

Working on roofs is a high risk activity because it involves work at height. Roofers make up nearly a quarter of all workers killed in falls from height at work. Falls through fragile materials, such as roof lights and asbestos cement roofing sheets, account for more of these deaths than any other single cause.

This third edition contains guidance on how to plan and work safely on roofs. It covers new buildings, repair, maintenance, cleaning work and demolition. It also includes some guidance for those not directly carrying out work on a roof such as clients, designers and specifiers.

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