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Mobile Access Towers
27 February 2019 – IOSH, UAE
Lamis Al-Kaisi
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Aims and Objectives
Provide members knowledge to promote, market and sell PASMA and the course portfolio in the UAE:
▪ What and who is PASMA
▪ What are mobile access towers and advantages of using them
▪ Recognised standards
▪ Local requirements for mobile access towers and how PASMA
fits in
▪ Methods of assembly
▪ Q&A
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PASMA is…
….the organisation that knows mobile access towers and cares about the people who use them;
There is no other organisation in the world that has, as its primary objective, the fostering and promotion of the safe use of mobile access towers;
Supporting all member categories; Manufacturers, Rental/Sales, Contracting, Training, Associate…
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PASMA is…
Providetechnical guidance
Represent the
industry
Manage training scheme
Worldwide promotion of towers
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Membership Categories
▪ Manufacturers
▪ Hirer/dealer
▪ Associate
▪ Training
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Work at height is
Work in any place where a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury:
▪ Work above ground/floor level
▪ Fall from an edge though an opening or fragile roof
▪ Fall from ground level into an opening in the floor or
a hole in the ground
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Current situation
Falls from height - UK
Account for 30% -40% serious injuries or fatalities
Fatalities following a fall
from height
Injuries following a fall from height
198 28,000+
Over last five years
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Work at height safety - summary
▪ All work at height must be properly planned and
organised
▪ Those involved in work at height are competent
▪ The risks of work at height are assessed and
appropriate work equipment is selected
▪ The equipment used for work at height is inspected
and maintained
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Mobile Access Towers
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Complex tower structures
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Complex tower structures
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Advantages of towers
▪ Allows safe work at height
▪ Prefabricated components
▪ Clip together with no need for tools
▪ Comes in kit form
▪ Detailed instruction manual
▪ Provide a temporary working platform
▪ Easy to transport
▪ Efficient to assemble
▪ No need for specialist tools
▪ Versatile
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Cost efficiencies
If used correctly by competent personnel:
▪ No need for professional assembly team
▪ No requirement for third party inspection
▪ Increases productivity
▪ Reduces accidents and fatalities
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Common errors
Errors when using towers:
▪ Assembling towers when guardrails are not in place
▪ Climbing towers on the outside
▪ Climbing towers using the guardrails
▪ Moving towers while persons are on them
▪ No guardrails on the top level platform
▪ Lack of toe boards
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▪ EN 1004
▪ Requirements for:
▪ Dimensions
▪ Horizontal and vertical loads
▪ Tests
▪ Structural analysis
▪ Instruction Manual to EN 1298
▪ Most manufacturers have 3rd party
certification
Recognised standards
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▪ Supplied with guardrails with dimensions to
prevent a fall
▪ Trapdoor platforms to permit safe access
and prevent falls at 2m intervals
▪ Supplied with toe boards to prevent the fall
of materials
▪ Supplied with purpose built access ladders
or stairs inside the tower
▪ Supplied with correct number of secure
platforms
Recognised standards
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Local Requirements –
Abu Dhabi & Fujairah
Requirements for correct towers and PASMA is clearly identified in OSHAD SF – CoP 26 –Scaffolding:
▪ Section 2: ‘must have PASMA training’
▪ Section 3.13:‘They must be designed and have
product conformity certificate to BS EN 1004;
▪ Also mentions the two methods of assembly
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Local Requirements – Dubai
CoP for Managing Work at Height (in draft):▪ All trainings related to Mobile Access Towers shall be authorized by the
international professional bodies (e.g. PASMA)
▪ It is recommended that all personnel involved in mobile access towers are
trained to the standard of PASMA or equivalent international recognised training
body
▪ The UK Prefabricated Access Suppliers' and Manufacturers' Association
(PASMA) has developed two methods of installing and dismantling guard-rails
that do not require the assembler to stand on an unguarded platform
▪ No requirement for DAC approval
▪ The use of equipment which has third party product conformity certification to
BS EN 1004.
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Assembly method – 3T
Guardrails located from a protected (seated) position before standing on the platform
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Assembly method – AGR
Guardrails in place prior to accessing platform
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Competence
Individuals need to be competent
Competence:
“sufficient professional or technical training, knowledge or
experience”
PASMA Courses and PhotoCard
demonstrate competency
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Competence
PASMA develops a range of training courses, which PASMA members deliver:
▪ Work at Height Novice
▪ Towers for Users
▪ Low-level Access
▪ Combine Low-level and Towers
▪ Towers for Managers
▪ Towers on Stairs
▪ Towers with Cantilevers
▪ Towers with Bridges
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Summary
We have covered:
▪ What and who is PASMA
▪ What are mobile access towers and advantages of using them
▪ Recognised standards
▪ Local requirements for mobile access towers and how PASMA
fits
▪ Portfolio of PASMA courses and job roles these are aimed at
▪ What would you like to see in the future?
Q&A
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