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Safety alert – platform lifts

The Health and Safety Executive has issued a safety alert regarding platform lifts (vertical lifting platforms or lifts for people with impaired mobility) identifying a risk of falls from height to employees/workers and members of the public.

If your school has this type of equipment, please take the time to read the alert to consider any implications and take the appropriate action necessary as outlined in the attached communication.

Please ensure this information is communicated to relevant staff in school.

Publication type: guidance, information (news)
School phase: all independent schools, all infant academies, all infant schools, all junior academies, all junior schools, all post 16s, all primary academies, all primary schools, all pupil referral units, all secondary academies, all secondary schools, all special schools
Staff audience: administration staff, headteachers/principals/managers, site staff, bursars
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