Established in 2004, the AIF liaised closely with the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) during the development of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 - and more recently the Work at Height Solutions Database - and now provides a forum for all the principal trade associations and federations involved in temporary work at height. Its member organisations each represent a different sector of the access industry and are recognised leaders and authorities in their respective fields.

Work at Height Solutions
The database is a short cut guidance tool that complements the HSE’s wide range of existing guidance on work at height. Its content draws on past questions submitted on a wide range of topics through the previous Solutions Database and the HSE’s Infoline.

Users can visit the database to find answers to some common questions on work at height. Each answer then refers to relevant guidance on the subject. The database is split into common topics for ease of use. Click here to visit the site.

Shattered Lives
The Forum actively supports the HSE’s Shattered Lives campaign and individual members are signatories to the HSE’s ‘Pledge’ initiative. Signatories agree to play their part in reducing the numbers of work-related deaths and injuries in the UK. Click here to visit the site.

The Forum is also a signatory to the 'Pledge'.

WAIT
The Forum has been consulted on a proposed new HSE Work at Height Tool (WAIT) - a decision risk matrix for dutyholders to use as part of a work at height toolkit currently under development. 

Forum Members
The Access Industry Forum comprises the leading trade associations and trade bodies involved in access and working at height:

Association of Technical Lighting and Access Specialists www.atlas-1.org.uk
Fall Arrest Safety Equipment Training www.faset.org.uk
International Powered Access Federation www.ipaf.org
Industrial Rope Access Trade Association www.irata.org
Ladder Association www.ladderassociation.org.uk
National Access and Scaffolding Confederation www.nasc.org.uk
Prefabricated Access Suppliers’ and Manufacturers’ Association www.pasma.co.uk
Specialist Access Engineering and Maintenance Association www.saema.org
Work at Height Safety Association www.wahsa.org.uk


Useful Websites:

HSE Slips & Trips www.hse.gov.uk/slips/ebulletin/
HSE Shattered Lives www.hse.gov.uk/shatteredlives/
HSE Falls From Height www.hse.gov.uk/falls/index.htm
HSE Work at Height Regulations www.hse.gov.uk/falls/regulations.htm
HSE Work at Height Solutions www.hse.gov.uk/falls/solutions.htm
HSE Ladder Exchange Initiative www.hse.gov.uk/falls/ladderexchange.htm
HSE Using Ladders Safely www.hse.gov.uk/falls/ladders.htm
HSE Stepladders www.hse.gov.uk/falls/stepladders.htm
HSE Ladders - Pre Use Checks www.hse.gov.uk/falls/preusechecks.htm