Preventing Falls from Height - Safety Information
Roofing
- Factsheet: Be safe working on roofs - Jan 2012 - [html] or [pdf, 2 pages 182KB]
Everyone is responsible for preventing falls when working on a roof – the principal, the self-employed contractor and subcontractor, the employer and the worker.
- Permanent anchorage systems on rope access and fall arrest systems Information and advice for designers, installers, testers and users – March 2010 - [html] or [pdf, 2 pages 145KB]
Following a complaint about the safety of permanent rope access anchorages the Department of Labour has published a Hazard Management Bulletin. Further investigation has revealed problems in some specific areas of these systems.
- Permanently Installed Rope Access and Industrial Fall-Arrest Systems - Feb 2010 - [html] or [pdf, 2 pages 146KB]
This Hazard Alert provides interim advice to building owners, building managers and users about the need to have suitable systems to ensure the safe performance of this safety critical equipment. The safety of the person using these systems relies on all parties involved carrying out their work in a proper manner.
- Safe Access – Working at Height – Sept 2004 - [html] or [pdf, 2 pages 88KB]
This accident report after a sawmill worker was fatally injured when he fell onto a concrete surface from a walkway at a height of 2.05 metres.
- Brittle Roofing Safety 1998 - 1998 [pdf, 2 pages 53KB]
No person should work in any area where there is a risk of falling due to the presence of fragile (brittle) material. Brittle roofing is any roofing material that willnot safely support the weight of a person walking on it.
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