55Minimising risk associated with falling objects

55 Minimising risk associated with falling objects

55 Minimising risk associated with falling objects

(1) This section applies if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate the risk referred to in section 54.

(2) The person conducting the business or undertaking at a workplace must minimise the risk of an object falling on a person by providing adequate protection against the risk in accordance with this section.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.

(3) The person provides adequate protection against the risk if the person provides and maintains a safe system of work, including—

(a) preventing an object from falling freely, so far as is reasonably practicable, or

(b) if it is not reasonably practicable to prevent an object from falling freely—providing, so far as is reasonably practicable, a system to arrest the fall of a falling object.

Examples—