Here at JH Hire safety is always our number one priority for our customers, our staff and the scaffolding development.

Health and safety is extremely seriously, and is a important factor when contracting a scaffolding company.

We invest in ensuring every element of Health & Safety is covered and ensure that we have highly trained staff, a wealth of experience and the back-up of an independent health and safety experts who regularly monitoring and improving on our safety policy and systems.

A few important elements to our approach include

• ensuring there are strong foundations on every scaffold
• full Risk Assessments & Method Statements to protect customers, their property, our staff and the general public
• ensuring British Standards and HSE recommendations are adhered to
• installing Safety barriers and netting for scaffolds over 2m
• maintaining a tidy work policy to avoid hazards or drops
• weekly checks on all scaffold structures
• weekly checks for damage and sustainability in extreme weather conditions

Our scaffolding team are also highly experienced in maintaining health and safety awareness throughout a build; they are all fully CITB registered and trained specifically in all aspects of scaffold erection and health and safety issues within the industry.

Specific accreditations include:

• Asbestos Awareness
• Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme (CISRS)
• CITB/NASC/NVQ courses for scaffolding/system scaffolding and Limited Skills
• Relevant manufacturers training

If you require any further information about JH Hire’s Health & Safety Plan, please call us on 01275 462396 or email us on info@jhhire.co.uk.