Whsmp · OPW16/0021

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                                     A   4    E23    3   Where works to erect or dismantle formwork are undertaken,           WHS Reg        D4    Site Manager/
    Formwork    Collapse of
☒                formwork
                                                         the adjoining area will be closed to the public, or perimeter         2011
                                                                                                                               Chapter 6      H14   foreman
                                                         containment screening will be erected.
                                                                                                                              Vic OHS Reg
                Falls from height                   5   All tasks involving formwork will have an approved SWMS in            2007                 Site Manager/
                                                         place. The SWMS will address all high risk activities including       Chapter 5            foreman / Formwork
                Falling objects                                                                                               Part 5.1
                                                         “work at heights” for tasks that are undertaken where a                                    subcontractor
                Slips and trips                         worker could fall 2m or more and address the following               Vic
                                                                                                                               Compliance
                                                         hazards / issues (as applicable):
                Noise                                    - details of the method to be adopted to separate other
                                                                                                                               code:
                                                                                                                               Prevention
                Dust                                          trades and persons from the formwork zones                      of falls in
                                                          - collapse of formwork                                               general
                Manual tasks                             - falling objects
                                                                                                                               construction
                                                                                                                              Managing
                                                          - noise and dust                                                     the Risk of
                                                          - manual tasks                                                       Falls at the
                                                          - slips and trips                                                    Workplace
                                                                                                                               COP 2011
                                                         Access to the live working deck will be through one of the                                 Site Manager /
                                                                                                                               QLD & NSW
                                                         following methods;                                                    & SA                 Structural Foreman
                                                               Extension Ladder – Tied top and bottom, at an angle           Preventing
                                                                   of 4:1 and protrude at east 1 metre above the landing       Falls in
                                                                   height.                                                     housing
                                                                                                                               construction
                                                               Hoist                                                          2014 NSW
                                                               Internal Stairs                                               Preventing
                                                               Mobile Scaffold Stairs                                         falls at the
                                                                                                                               workplace
                                                               Perimeter Scaffold Stairs.
                                                                                                                               2004 WA
                                                         Formwork contractor will ensure that their work method               Managing             Site Manager /
                                                         complies with the QLD Formwork COP with work at the leading           the risk of          Structural Foreman
                                                         edge always being protected by at least 1.8 metres of false           falls at
                                                         work (catch deck) in all directions. All timbers or proprietary       workplaces
                                                                                                                               2012 TAS &
                                                         systems must be laid from below to remove work at height              NT
                                                         risks.                                                               Preventing
                                                     5                                                                         falls in             Site Manager/
                                                         Formwork that is a “basic formwork system” will be designed           housing
                                                                                                                               construction
                                                                                                                                                    foreman / Formwork
                                                         by a formwork designer or professional engineer.
                                                                                                                               2012 TAS &           subcontractor
                                                                                                                               NT
                                                     5                                                                                              Site Manager/
                                                         Formwork that is not a “basic formwork system” will be               Formwork
                                                                                                                               COP 2006 –           foreman / Formwork
                                                         designed by a professional engineer.
                                                                                                                               QLD                  subcontractor


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