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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 306H

Fall arresting platform as control measure

306H Fall arresting platform as control measure

(1) A fall arresting platform used as a control measure must be able to withstand the impact of a fall onto it of any person who may reasonably be expected to fall onto it.
(2) The platform of the fall arresting platform must provide an unobstructed landing area, for a falling person, at least 675mm wide for the length of the platform.
(3) If the slope of the surface from which construction work is to be carried out is not over 26º, the fall arresting platform must be not over 1m lower than the surface.
(4) If the slope of the surface from which construction work is to be carried out is over 26º, the fall arresting platform must be not over 300mm lower than the surface.
(5) The fall arresting platform must have edge protection complying with section 306E erected—
(a) along the outer edge of the length of the fall arresting platform; and
(b) along the edge of each end of the fall arresting platform.
(6) Subsection (7) applies if the gap between the following is over 225mm—
(a) the inner edge of the length of the platform;
(b) the face of a structure that is immediately beside the fall arresting platform.
(7) A person conducting a business or undertaking must, in complying with section 306C or 306D , ensure that any control measures required to eliminate or minimise the risk of a person falling off the inner edge are used.



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