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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 220

Exception--plant not specifically designed to lift or suspend a person

  (1)   For paragraph   219(3)(b), the person with management or control of the plant at a workplace must ensure that:

  (a)   the persons are lifted or suspended in a work box that is securely attached to the plant; and

  (b)   the persons in the work box remain substantially within the work box while they are being lifted or suspended; and

  (c)   if there is a risk of a person falling from a height, a safety harness is provided and worn by the person in order to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, injury to the person as a result of the fall; and

  (d)   means are provided by which the persons being lifted or suspended can safely exit from the plant in the event of a failure in its normal operation.

  (2)   This regulation does not apply to plant used in connection with:

  (a)   the performance of stunt work; or

  (b)   the performance of acrobatics; or

  (c)   theatrical performances.

Note:   Part   4.4 (except regulation   79) applies to the matters in subregulation   (2).


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