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 whichare covered by BS 6037?1.Requirements for slung scaffolds, being TSPs on scaffold tubes or wire ropes, but which cannot beraised or lowered by the user, are given in BS EN 12811?1.Cross References:BS EN 60529:1992+A2:2013BS EN 1991-1-4:2005+A1:2010BS EN 74-1:2005BS EN 12811-1:2003BS EN 795:2012BS 7375:2010BS EN 1808:2015BS 7883:2005BS EN 1995-1-1:2004+A2:2014BS EN 60309-2:1999+A2:2012BS 4444:1989Shipbuilding and Ship repairing Regulations 1960Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998 Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998HSE L22:1998Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations 2015Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974Work at Height Regulations 2005Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999HSE L113:1998Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2002BS ISO 4309:2010BS 6037-1:2003