Technical safety regulations while working at heights’ gained force in the country on 24 October in 2016. These rules regulate safety of conduct while organizing and working at heights.
These requirements apply to all works performed at height, to employees who are engaged in these works, as well as to all legal entities and individuals, regardless of their organization and legal form, who have an employment contract with those employees.
Works performed at height include:
- jobs with danger of falling from a height of 1.8 m or more
- jobs performed by a worker ascending or descending to and from a height of over 5 m with a ladder (staircase) with an inclination of more than 75 degrees in relation to horizontal surface
- jobs carried out at a distance of 2 meters from unfenced areas at a height of over 1.8 or areas where the protective fence is less than 1.1 meter high
- jobs with a risk of falling from a height of 1.8m or less performed on water surface, on protruding objects or on machines and mechanisms.
The rules require that all employees must be trained on methods and techniques of safe conduct at height and pass a test before being allowed to work at heights. Employees who pass the test are given an admission licence to work at heights. Those, who do not pass the test and do not have the appropriate licence, are not allowed to work at height.
We invite you to ‘Technical Safety Regulations While Working at Height’ training course at the Azerbaijan State Scientific-Research Institute of Labour Protection and Safety Engineering at the State Agency for Safe Working in Industry and Mountain-Mining Control under the Ministry of Emergencies of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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