55Minimising risk associated with falling objects

55 Minimising risk associated with falling objects

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

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) an individual, a fine not exceeding $6 000; or

(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $30 000.

(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 | | | 1. | Providing a secure barrier. | | 2. | Providing a safe means of raising and lowering objects. | | 3. | Providing an exclusion zone persons are prohibited from entering. |