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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 315I

Perimeter containment screening as control measure

315I Perimeter containment screening as control measure

(1) Each screen of perimeter containment screening used as a control measure, and its supporting framework, must comply with this section.
(2) If the perimeter containment screening is used to redirect a falling object onto a catch platform, each screen must be fitted vertically to the top of, or flush with, the outer edge of the catch platform to redirect a falling object, that may reasonably be expected to hit the perimeter containment screening, onto the catch platform.
(3) If the perimeter containment screening is not used to redirect a falling object onto a catch platform, each screen must be designed to prevent an object, that may reasonably be expected to hit the perimeter containment screening, from falling on persons from the level at which the work is to be done.
(4) Each screen must be made of mesh or of timber, plywood or metal sheeting.
(5) Each of the following gaps must be not over 25mm—
(a) the gap, measured horizontally, between—
(i) screens immediately beside each other; or
(ii) a screen and the framework supporting it;
(b) the gap, measured vertically, between—
(i) a screen and another screen immediately above it; or
(ii) a screen and the framework supporting it.
(6) The framework supporting a screen must be able to bear the load of the screen.



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