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Your route to a rooftop unit passes painted-over rooflights.

What does HSE say?

Choose one answer.

  1. A. Put a cone on top of each one
  2. B. Protect them with secured covers
  3. C. Step around them, they are easy to see
  4. D. Walk on them, as the paint makes the plastic stronger
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Answer: B

  • A. Wrong: Wrong. A cone won't stop a fall.
  • B. Right: Right. HSE says fragile rooflights are a particular hazard, some hidden by paint, and must be protected, for example with secured covers labelled with a warning.
  • C. Wrong: Wrong. Painted rooflights can be hard to see.
  • D. Wrong: Wrong. Paint doesn't make them strong.

Explanation

Protect fragile rooflights, for example with secured, labelled covers.

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