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What Your Insurer Really Wants From Your Roof (And Why Height Safety Matters More Than You Think)
The building maintenance you sign off on each year and the insurance renewal that lands on your desk are more closely connected than they first appear. One keeps the building safe and running. The other prices the risk of it not being. What sits between them is the simple question of whether anyone can get onto the roof to do the work.
Your Rooftop Needs a Map Reference
For those who grew up in Melbourne before the rise of mobile digital technology, Melways map coordinates could get you [...]
Nobody Fell, and It Still Cost $40,000
A first-year apprentice was installing solar panels on a roof in Noble Park, about 2.7 metres above the ground, with [...]
The Surface You Trust Is the One That Fails
Two workers stepped onto surfaces they trusted to hold them. Both surfaces gave way, and both times someone hit the [...]
Are You Choosing a Height Safety Provider for the Right Reasons, or Just Ticking a Box?
Height safety used to be the last thing anyone thought about. It came up when a contractor handed you a [...]
Good Luck Is Not a Height Safety Plan
Four workers spent up to four hours each on a scaffold that a safety regulator had already shut down. None [...]
The Cheaper Roof Access Option That Can Cost You More Than a Walkway
You own a large warehouse. The air conditioning needs a service and the solar array needs a clean, so a [...]
Why We Install Osprey Crane Systems: Lessons From a $3.4 Million Manslaughter Conviction
A worker is told to do the job safely. No anchor point, no static line, nothing to connect to. That [...]
Six Years of Workplace Manslaughter Laws, and the Bill Is Still Coming Due
Six years ago, Victoria introduced workplace manslaughter laws. This year, those laws caught up with two more employers, and between [...]
Why Letting the Window Cleaner Certify Your Anchor Points Leaves a Gap
The window cleaner abseils off your roof twice a year, checks the anchor points they use, and signs them off. [...]
The Recertification That Slips Through the Cracks Until You Need It
The external works are booked. The crew is on its way. Then someone checks the paperwork and the anchor points [...]
Why Your New Building’s Roof Access Was Never Designed for Maintenance
The roof of your new building looks impressive on handover day. Davit arms, diversion points, anchor points, walkways. Tens of [...]
Doing the Right Thing Is Not a Tagline. It Is How We Work
A lot of businesses talk about their commitment to doing things right. Fewer actually build it into how they operate [...]
A SWMS Is Not a Safety System
In February 2024, a young person on work experience fell through a skylight on a Melbourne rooftop. The fall was [...]
After the Storm: Why Your Height Safety Certification Needs to Be Ready Before You Need It
Melbourne is copping it right now. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Severe Weather Warning for damaging winds across [...]
AI Is Everywhere. Here Is How We Actually Use It.
Intentional AI adoption at Anchored Height Safety AUDIENCE: Clients, prospective clients, and anyone curious about how AHS operates
