Part4:WorkatHeightGuidetotheSafety,HealthandWelfareatWork(GeneralApplication)Regulations2007€9GuidetotheSafety,HealthandWelfareatWork(GeneralApplication)Regulations2007Part4:WorkatHeightWorkatHeight:Layout130/11/200712:25Page1PublishedinDecember2007bytheHealthandSafetyAuthority,TheMetropolitanBuilding,JamesJoyceStreet,Dublin1.©Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutthepriorpermissionoftheHealthandSafetyAuthority.WorkatHeight:Layout130/11/200712:25Page2ContentsIntroduction5Regulation94:InterpretationforPart410Regulation95:Organisation,planningandriskassessment12Regulation96:Checkingofplacesofworkatheight12Regulation97:Weatherconditions13Regulation98:Avoidanceofrisksfromworkatheight13Regulation99:Protectionofplacesofworkatheight17Regulation100:Selectionofworkequipmentforworkatheight17Regulation101:Conditionofsurfacesforsupportingstructures22Regulation102:Stabilityofsupportingstructure22Regulation103:Guard-rails,toe-boards,barriersetc.22Regulation104:Stabilityofworkingplatforms24Regulation105:Safetyonworkingplatforms24Regulation106:Loadingofworkingplatformandsupportingstructures25Regulation107:Scaffolding,additionalrequirements26Regulation108:Collectivesafeguardsforarrestingfalls28Regulation109:Personalfallprotectionsystems29Regulation110:Workpositioningsystems31Regulation111:Ropeaccessorpositioningtechnique31Regulation112:Fallarrestsystems33Regulation113:Workrestraintsystems33Regulation114:Ladders33Regulation115:Fragilesurfaces36Regulation116:Fallingobjects37Regulation117:Dangerareas38Regulation118:InterpretationforRegulation11938Regulation119:Inspectionofworkequipment39WorkatHeightWorkatHeight:Layout130/11/200712:25Page3WorkatHeight:Layout130/11/200712:25Page4GuidetoPart4oftheGeneralApplicationRegulations2007Part4:WORKATHEIGHTIntroductionThisGuideisaimedatsafetyandhealthpractitioners,employers,managers,employees,safetyrepresentativesandotherstogiveguidanceonPart4(Regulations94to119)oftheSafety,HealthandWelfareatWork(GeneralApplication)Regulations2007(S.I.No.299of2007)asamendedbytheSafety,HealthandWelfareatWork(GeneralApplication)(Amendment)Regulations2007(S.I.No.732of2007)relatingtoworkatheight.TheobjectiveoftheGuideistogivegeneralguidanceaimedatthepreventionofoccupationalaccidentsorillhealth.Itisnotintendedasalegalinterpretationofthelegislation.InthisGuidethetextoftheRegulationsisshowninitalics.From1November2007,Part4oftheGeneralApplicationRegulations2007re-transposesDirective89/955/EECasamendedbyDirective2001/45/ECandreplacestheSafety,HealthandWelfareatWork(WorkatHeight)Regulations2006(S.I.No.318of2006),whicharerevokedfromthatdate.TheGeneralApplicationRegulations2007aremadeundertheSafety,HealthandWelfareatWorkAct2005(No.10of2005)referredtoelsewhereinthisGuideas“theAct”.AimsoftheworkatheightrequirementsTheobjectiveofPart4oftheGeneralApplicationRegulations2007istoreducedeathsandinjuriesatworkcausedbyfallsfromheightastheseaccountforasignificantpercentageofworkplacefatalitiesandseriousinjurieseachyear.Part4oftheGeneralApplicationRegulationssetsoutthebasicprinciplesforsafeworkatheightforallsectorsofemploymentandprovidesafundamentalframeworkforsafeworkingatheight,basedonriskassessment,applicabletothewiderangeofworkactivitiescarriedo...
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