Yes Jenny, this is true, the following is the HSA’s definition of working at heights:

Work at height is work in any place, including a place at, above or below ground level, where a person could be injured if they fell from that place. Access and egress to a place of work can also be work at height.

Examples of work activities that are classified as working at height:

• Working on trestles

• Working on a flat roof

• Erecting false work or formwork

• Working on a ladder

• Working at ground level adjacent to an excavation;

• Working on formwork within an excavation

• Working near or adjacent to fragile materials

Regards, Paul Tierney.