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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 306A

Definitions

306A Definitions

In this division—

"anchorage point" means a device or thing by which a lanyard, static line or other line may be attached to a building or other structure, and includes the part of the building or structure to which the device or thing is attached.

Examples—
• a stainless steel eyebolt, set in a concrete floor, to which a lanyard may be attached
• a sling around a steel I beam, with padding under the sling, joined by a shackle or other joining device to which a lanyard may be attached
• a plate for a travel restraint system fixed by screws to a roof component to which a lanyard may be attached

"edge protection" means a barrier to prevent a person falling erected along the edge of—
(a) a building or other structure; or
(b) an opening in a surface of a building or other structure; or
(c) a fall arresting platform; or
(d) the surface from which work is to be done.

"fall arrest harness system" means a system that—
(a) is designed to arrest the fall of a person using it and eliminate or minimise the risk of injury to the person as the fall is arrested; and
(b) consists of a harness attached to—
(i) a device to absorb the energy of the falling person attached to a lanyard that is attached to a static line or anchorage point; or
(ii) a line that—
(A) has a device that automatically locks the line, and absorbs the energy of the falling person; and
(B) is attached to a static line or anchorage point; or
(iii) a lanyard that—
(A) has a device that travels along a line or rail, automatically locks onto the line or rail, and absorbs the energy of the falling person; and
(B) is attached to a static line or anchorage point.

"fall arresting platform" means a platform installed to arrest the fall of a person who falls from a building or other structure.

"fall protection cover" means a structure that—
(a) is placed over an opening in a surface of a building or other structure to prevent a person falling through the opening; and
(b) consists of solid sheets of sturdy material.
Examples for paragraph (b)—
solid sheets of sturdy timber, plywood, metal, mesh

"housing construction work" means construction work that is work to erect, construct, extend or structurally alter—
(a) any of the following dwellings that is not located above or below another dwelling or another part of a building, other than a part that is a private garage—
(i) a detached house;
(ii) an attached dwelling, separated from the dwelling to which it is attached by a fire-resisting wall, including, for example, a terrace house or town house;
(iii) a boarding house, guest house, hostel or similar building with a floor area of not more than 300m 2; or
(b) a building that is not designed for habitation but is ancillary to a building to which paragraph (a) applies.
Example of an ancillary building—
a private garage, carport or shed

"permitted work" , in relation to work involving a ladder, means work in which—
(a) the weight, size or shape of any equipment or material the person using the ladder is carrying is not likely to—
(i) restrict the person’s movement while the person is climbing or descending the ladder; or
(ii) cause the person to lose balance on the ladder while carrying out the work; and
(b) the person’s trunk is approximately centred over the centre of the space between the sides of the ladder from when the person is fully on the ladder to when the person is leaving the ladder; and
(c) any equipment being used by the person can be operated using 1 hand unless a control measure designed to support the person’s body is being worn or used.
Example of a control measure—
a strap, commonly known as a pole strap, that fits around a pole and is attached to a harness worn by the person

"static line" means a flexible line, to which a lanyard is attached, supported by at least 2 anchorage points located so that the angle between the horizontal and an imaginary straight line between any anchorage point and the other or nearest anchorage point is—
(a) if the manufacturer of the flexible line has specified the size of the angle—not more than the size specified; or
(b) if the manufacturer has not specified the size of the angle—not more than 5º.

"travel restraint system" means a system that—
(a) consists of a harness or belt, attached to 1 or more lanyards, each of which is attached to a static line or anchorage point; and
(b) is designed to restrict the travelling range of a person wearing the harness or belt so that the person can not get into a position where the person could fall off an edge of a surface or through a surface.



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