When we examine the statistics in our country and in different countries of the world, the number of employees who lost their lives or were seriously injured by falling during working at height is close to half of the total number of work accidents.

Given this dangerous situation, the European Union has published Directive 2001/45/EC of the Council of Europe, which sets out the safety and health requirements for equipment and systems to be used in working at height in order to ensure that work at height can be carried out safely. In addition to this directive, the safety requirements for working at height equipment are described in detail in the (EU) 2016/425 Personal Protective Equipment Regulation and related harmonized standards.

As in the European Union or other countries that have adopted these standards, we have specific legislation on working at height in our country. The main issues in the field of working at height are set out in the Regulation on Occupational Health and Safety in Construction Work, and the training criteria for personnel working at height are set out in the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles of Occupational Health and Safety Training of Employees.