Working at Heights Policy
Purpose
To Protect your staff and contractors from the hazards of working at heights
Outcome
Review, and if necessary, revise, risk control measures so as to maintain, so far as is reasonably practicable, a work environment that is without risks to health and safety.
Scope
This policy applies to all workplaces covered by the OSH Act and Regulations where there is a risk of a fall by a person, from one level to another that is reasonably likely to cause injury.
- Requirements
- Managing risks of working at heights
- Safe Work Procedures
- Injury to Employees – Emergency Procedure
- Work at Height
- Elevated Work Platforms
- Scaffolding
- Information, instruction and training for workers using scaffolds.
- Portable Ladders
- Extension or single ladders
- Step Ladders
- Fall-Arrest Systems
- Conclusion
This policy is also included in the JSEAsy EHS Software Premium version