Safety at Sydney Opera House - A guide for venue users

18.
G. Falls and height safety.
Under NSW Safety laws, a risk of fall includes any fall of a person
from one level to another that is reasonably likely to cause injury.
This includes:
– Falls through openings or surfaces
– Falls over edges
– Falls from elevated workplaces
– Any other place a person could fall.
You must ensure that work is carried out in such a way that
eliminates or controls the risk of injury from fall. Under NSW Safety
laws, the following order of risk control must be followed:
a) In the first instance, work out on the ground, or on a solid
construction as far as reasonably practicable. Only if this is
not reasonably practicable, then by
b) providing a fall prevention device, or if this is not reasonably
practicable
c) providing a work positioning system, or
d) if (b) or (c) are not reasonably practicable, then a fall arrest
system, so far as is reasonably practicable.
In addition to the controls listed above, you must also consider
and where appropriate provide:
– Temporary work platforms and/or
– Training in relation to the risks involved in working at the
workplace and/or
– Safe work procedures, safe sequencing of work, safe use of
ladders, permit systems and appropriate signs.
+ Note: For definitions see p20.