Victorian Consolidated Regulations

8 Reg. 9.2.1: S.R. No. 127/2000 as amended by S.R. No. 96/2005. - SECT 3.3.3.

Hazard identification

3.3.3. Hazard identification

An employer must, so far as is reasonably practicable, identify any task that
an employee is required to undertake at a workplace that involves a fall
hazard including-

   (a)  on any plant or structure being constructed, demolished, inspected,
        tested, maintained, repaired or cleaned;

   (b)  on a fragile, slippery or potentially unstable surface;

   (c)  using equipment to gain access to an elevated level or to undertake
        the task at an elevated level;

   (d)  on a sloping surface on which it is difficult to maintain balance;

   (e)  in close proximity to an unprotected edge;

   (f)  in close proximity to a hole, shaft or pit that is of sufficient
        dimensions to allow a person to fall into the hole, shaft or pit.

Notes 1. Act compliance-section 21 (see regulation 1.1.7). 2. A fall in this
Part means an involuntary fall of over 2 metres (see the definition of fall in
regulation 1.1.5).