Trabajos En Altura

Health and SafetyHealth and Safety

Health and Safety Standard

Working at HeightsWorking at Heights

Table of Contents

1. Purpose 1

2. Scope 1

3. Definitions 1

4. References 15. Responsibilities 1

6. Requirements 1

Purpose

This standard establishes the project requirements to ensure a safe system of work that prevents people and material falling fromheights.

Scope

This standard applies whenever work is performed 2.0 metres or more above a permanent floor level, and/or, the situation exists where tools, equipment or anythingelse can fall or be dropped and cause injury to personnel or damage to equipment.

Definitions

• Fall Protection - A person has applied fall protection when they are prevented fromfalling due to physical edge protection barriers or are secured with an approved personal fall protection system.

• Fall Prevention - is the protection applied to prevent a person or objectfalling from a height. This is commonly in the form of a physical barrier at or before the edge of a penetration.

• Fall Arrest - where a ‘Fall Prevention’ solution is not provided where workingat height, ‘Fall Arrest’ apparatus must be used.

• Work positioning system - means an assembly of components capable of restricting a worker’s movement on a work surface and preventing theworker from reaching a location from which he or she could fall.

References

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Responsibilities

The Project Manager or Construction Manager is responsible forthe implementation of this Health and Safety Standard and that it is verified by regular audits.

Requirements

• Legal Requirements

◆ As a minimum all applicableregulatory requirements shall be met.

◆ Local legislative requirements will take precedence over these (Hatch) Standards, except in those cases where the Hatch Standard calls for more stringent...