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Work Health and Safety (Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces) Code of Practice 2015
made under the
Work Health and Safety Act 2011, section 274 (Approved Codes of Practice)
1 Name of instrument
This instrument is the Work Health and Safety (Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces) Code of Practice 2015.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
3 Code of Practice Approval
I approve the Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Code of Practice. I am satisfied that this code of practice was developed by a process described in section 274(2) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
Michaelia Cash Minister for Employment
17 December 2015
Date
MANAGING THE RISK OF FALLS AT WORKPLACES
Code of Practice
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD 4 1. INTRODUCTION 5 1. Who has health and safety duties in relation to falls? 5 2. The meaning of key terms 5 3. What is required to manage the risk of falls? 6 2. MANAGING THE RISK OF FALLS 8 1. How to identify fall hazards 8 2. How to assess the risk 8 3. How to control the risk 9 4. How to review control measures 11 3. WORK ON THE GROUND OR ON A SOLID CONSTRUCTION 13 1. Work on the ground 13 2. Work on a solid construction 13 4. FALL PREVENTION DEVICES 17 1. Temporary work platforms 17 2. Perimeter guard rails 24 3. Safety mesh 25 5. WORK POSITIONING SYSTEMS 26 1. Industrial rope access systems 26 2. Restraint technique 27 6. FALL-ARREST SYSTEMS 29 1. Catch platforms 29 2. Industrial safety nets 30 3. Individual fall-arrest systems 30 4. Anchorage lines or rails 34 7. LADDERS 36 1. Portable ladders 36 2. Fixed ladders 39 3. Ladder maintenance 40 8. ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS 41 9. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR FALLS 43 1. Emergency procedures 43 2. Suspension intolerance 44 10. DESIGN OF PLANT AND STRUCTURES 45 1. Design considerations 45 2. Plant 45 3. Buildings and structures 46 APPENDIX A – TERMS USED IN FALL CONTROL MEASURES 48 APPENDIX B – REFERENCES AND OTHER INFORMATION SOURCES 49 LIST OF AMENDMENTS 50
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