Work at height in the telecommunications sector

The telecommunications sector is constantly evolving, especially in recent years with the strengthening of the mobile telephony sector, causing more and more people to engage in this sector, which poses a significant risk to workers, who must perform different tasks work at height when climbing telecommunications towers, a task that requires the use of Personal protective equipment (EPIs) are effective and of high quality.

Among the risks faced by a professional working on this type of telecommunications tower are the possibility of falling to different heights, contact with electric current and risk of burns, among others.

In some cases, these towers, which can reach 40 meters in height, have an internal staircase, while in others it is external, and workers must hang on them many times to do the corresponding installation and / or maintenance work.

It is essential that a minimum of two people attend these works to ensure the Personal protective equipment and to minimize the risk of an accident.

These professional technicians should also be adequately trained to maximise safety as far as possible.

This type of work poses a high risk to workers, requiring them to have adequate PPE and collective protection equipment while carrying out their work at height prevention of falls as security elements.

They will also have a climbing and descending equipment to allow them to safely access the towers and move through them, with connectors, ropes, suspension harness and different elements to ensure their safety in all conditions.

The elements which form part of the basic PPE of each healthcare professional work clothes they're the the helmet, the work clothing, the gloves and the safety footwear.

If such work at height is carried out in areas through which other persons may move, the work area must be adequately delimited, avoiding that there may be pedestrians below where the tasks are being carried out, with the risk that this would entail for them the possible fall of different pieces or tools, which could reach impact on them, with the risk that this entails.