Wibe Ladders Catalogue ENG 2022 1
Rules and regulations What does the law say? In m
ost countries rules and regulations regarding the working environment govern both the use and design of our products. Regulations regarding the use of ladder may be worth reading as they are basically about one thing only – your safety. They are there to make sure you always get safely home from work so make sure to check with your authorities what rules and regulations that applies to you. For the design of our ladders we always make sure to follow the relevant standards – read more about them below. Standards, type control, testing and certificates The regulations of the Norwegian Working Environment Authority also state that ladders and scaffolding must be designed and tested according to certain standards in order to be sold. But as a user, you don’t really have to worry about that, we of course always ensure that our products are approved according to the requirements of the law. The same applies to retailers, the only requirement that is placed on you is that ladders and scaffolding must be approved to be sold, but we keep track of that so you don’t have to think about it. A standard describes, for example, how far it must be between each step and how much load the product must withstand. There are standards both at National and European level, but they are often quite similar. On the next page you will find a summary of which standards apply to our various products. To ensure that our products live up to the requirements of the standard, we let Sweden’s research institute RISE carry out independent type control and tests before we start selling them. When the product is approved, RISE issues a certificate, which is a document that shows that the product is designed correctly and has passed the tests in the standard. You can find our certificates on our website. We also put the RISE symbol on the ladder label to make it easy to see that it is tested and approved. It can also be nice to know that when a standard is changed, you can continue to use an old ladder, what counts is that the ladder was approved when it was sold. We are also ISO certified for quality ISO 9001 and for environment ISO 14 001. 94