Whitecard Update: Steps to Managing a Fall Hazard
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Distribute responsibilities to identify and assess fall hazards. Workers must be trained to comply with regulations to prevent falls over two meters, for tasks like construction and maintenance. Employers should consider workplace conditions, work duration and height, training, and how workers access areas to manage risks where eliminating them is not possible.
Whitecard Update: Steps to Managing a Fall Hazard
- 1. Whitecard Update: Steps to Managing a Fall Hazard Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net Step 1 – Allocate responsibility to Workers Responsibilities should be distributed among workers to ensure adequate fall prevention is in place, equipment is used correctly, safety measures are maintained and workers are given adequate instruction and training. Employees have the responsibility of following their safety training. STEP 2 – Identify Hazards One example is working on a roof. To comply with the OHS Prevention of Falls Regulations 2003, employers must identify all tasks that involve the possibility of someone falling more than two metres. These tasks may include construction, demolition, repairs or maintenance, on plant or structure, work on fragile or unstable surfaces, work on sloping or slippery surfaces, work near an edge, hole, pit or shaft. STEP 3 – Assess Risks and Risky Situations Consider the nature, size and layout of the workplace, the duration, extent and type of work to be done, height at which workers will be required to undertake work, training and experience of employees, how to get to the work area etc. If it is not possible to eliminate the risk, precautions must be taken to manage the risk. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitecardaustralia.com.au%2Fblog%2Fwhitecard-update- steps-to-managing-a-fall-hazard%2F'; addthis_title = 'Whitecard+Update%3A+Steps+to+Managing+a+Fall+Hazard'; addthis_pub = ''; 1/2
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