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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
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236 Lifts
(1) The person with management or control of a lift at a workplace
(including a person with management or control of maintenance of
a lift) must ensure that:
(a) if there is a risk of a person falling down a lift well:
(i) secure barriers are provided to prevent access to
openings into the lift well by someone other than a
person who is performing work in the lift well; and
(ii) secure working platforms or equivalent arrangements
are provided for a person who is working in the lift well to
prevent a fall from height; and
(b) if there is a risk to a person working in a lift well from objects
falling onto that person – a secure barrier is provided to
prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, falling objects
from striking the person or otherwise causing a risk.
(2) The person must ensure that there is a safe means of entry to and
exit from the base of the lift well.
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(3) The person must ensure that there is fixed, in a prominent place in
the lift, a sign that states the safe working load specified in the
design of the lift.