South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The purpose of
this regulation is—
(a) to
prescribe minimum space requirements to allow a person who works in a building
to perform his or her work in a safe manner; and
(b) to
prevent overcrowding in workplaces within buildings.
(2) In this
regulation—
"working space" means a floor area, excluding any area taken up by furniture,
fittings or equipment, that is kept available for the person's use and that
comprises the place where the person must stand or sit plus the area that is
immediately adjacent to that place.
(3) If a person
performs work within a building, the person must have adequate working space
to carry out the work in a safe manner.
(4) Without limiting
the operation of subregulation (3), if the main part of the person's work
is performed at a work station and the person is required to stand or sit in
the same place at that work station for a substantial period of time,
then—
(a) if
the work is carried out at a desk (other than a desk situated in a cashier's
booth or compartment)—a minimum of three square metres of working space
must be provided; and
(b) in
any other case—adequate working space must be determined taking into
consideration—
(i)
the type of work area; and
(ii)
the physical actions required to perform the task; and
(iii)
the mobility requirements of the work performed; and
(iv)
other ergonomic factors which could affect performance of
the task in a safe manner.
(5) The distance from
the floor to a ceiling of a room where a person works on a regular basis must
be at least 2.4 metres.
(6) Persons at work
must not be so grouped in a building as to cause a risk to their health,
safety or welfare.
(7) A workplace within
a building must not become so crowded as to cause a risk to the safety of a
person within the building.