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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 299

Safe work method statement required for high risk construction work

299 Safe work method statement required for high risk construction work

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking that includes the carrying out of high risk construction work must, before high risk construction work commences, ensure that a safe work method statement for the proposed work—
(a) is prepared; or
(b) has already been prepared by another person.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.
(2) A safe work method statement must—
(a) identify the work that is high risk construction work; and
(b) state hazards relating to the high risk construction work and risks to health and safety associated with those hazards; and
(c) describe the measures to be implemented to control the risks; and
(d) describe how the control measures are to be implemented, monitored and reviewed.
(3) A safe work method statement must—
(a) be prepared taking into account all relevant matters including—
(i) circumstances at the workplace that may affect the way in which the high risk construction work is carried out; and
(ii) if the high risk construction work is carried out in connection with a construction project—the WHS management plan that has been prepared for the workplace; and
(b) be set out and expressed in a way that is readily accessible and understandable to persons who use it.
(4) For subsection (2) (c) , if a safe work method statement for high risk construction work that involves a risk of a person falling more than 2m states that the only control measures to be implemented will be administrative controls or the provision of personal protective equipment, the safe work method statement must describe all control measures considered in determining which control measures to implement (including by addressing the general fall protection requirements in section 79 (3) ).
Note—
See section 79 in relation to the minimisation of risk in relation to falls generally.



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