Access towers are widely available from hire centres, stores and online marketplaces. Every day, thousands of them are used in workplaces and homes by people who need to work at height.
PASMA (Prefabricated Access Suppliers’ & Manufacturers’ Association) strives for a world where, when assembled and used correctly, every one of those towers is safe.
Unfortunately, despite existing legislation and regulations making clear that all products on the market must be safe and existing design standards being well established, there are still towers out there that are not safe at all. These so-called ‘DIY towers’ are readily available and easy to buy online.
To gather intelligence on the state of the market, PASMA undertook market surveillance on ‘DIY towers’ for sale in the UK, putting a selection of them through a series of robust safety tests. They did this in partnership with the Test & Research Centre, the first UKAS-accredited test laboratory for BS EN 1004. What they uncovered was shocking.
Read PASMA’s ‘Dangers of DIY Towers’ Report >
