Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 3.51

3.51 .         Inspection etc. of fall injury prevention systems

                A person who, at a workplace, is an employer, the main contractor, a self-employed person or the person having control of the workplace must ensure, in relation to each fall injury prevention system provided at the workplace that —

            (a)         each component of the system and its means of attachment to an anchorage is inspected by a competent person —

                  (i)         after it is installed but before it is used;

                  (ii)         at regular intervals; and

                  (iii)         immediately after it has operated or should have operated in relation to a person’s free fall at the workplace;

                and

            (b)         any component of the system or its means of attachment to an anchorage that, on an inspection referred to in paragraph (a), shows wear or weakness is withdrawn from use until it is replaced with a properly functioning component.

        Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        [Regulation 3.51 inserted in Gazette 30 Mar 2001 p. 1768-9; amended in Gazette 14 Dec 2004 p. 6018.]