1 Identify tasks where there is a potential to fall 2 metres or more
The principal and/or their delegate, in consultation with Health and Safety Representatives and employees are to identify all tasks where there is a potential to fall 2 metres or more. Examples include:
- collecting balls from roofs or gutters
- cleaning gutters
- air-conditioning maintenance
- hanging signs and displays
- changing lighting in a theatre or gymnasium
- any task using a ladder
- working near holes, pits, trenches and shafts
- working on fragile, slippery or sloping surfaces.
The principal and/or their delegate are to record identified prevention of fall tasks in the ‘Hazard Type’ column of the OHS Risk
Chapter 1 of the Prevention of Falls when Working from Heights Procedure on identifying health and safety tasks where there is a potential to fall 2 metres of more
Reviewed 29 June 2020