Whsmp · OPW16/0021

                                                                            SWMS:19 – Protecting Penetrations & Openings
Safe Work Methods
                                                                                                                                                              Responsible        Residual
                                                                                           H                    Controls / Work Methods
                                                                                                                                                              Person/s for         Risk
               Job Steps                         Potential Hazards           L   C    R    O            1. Eliminate 2. Substitute 3. Isolate 4. Engineer      Monitor &       L    C R
                                                                                           C                             5. Admin 6. PPE                         Review
                                                                            B    5     E    4     Where practicable, floor penetrations that are cast      Hutchinson        E     5       H
Protecting penetrations and other            Falls from height
                                                                                      24           at the time of pour are to be protected with steel       Builders Site                   15
openings (e.g. lift shaft & stair well
                                                                                                   mesh inlay.                                              Foreman
voids, service pits etc.) via the use of a
physical barrier / edge protection (i.e.                                                          Where it is not practicable to cover a
                                                                                            4      penetration/opening, it is to be immediately
where the use of a cover is not
practicable).                                                                                      protected with suitable edge protection.

                                                                                            4     Edge protection is to be minimum 900mm high and
                                                                                                   must be able to withstand any downward or
                                                                                                   outward force(s) that may be applied to it.
                                                                                                  Where mid rails are used, gaps between the top and
                                                                                            4      mid rails and between the mid rail and the floor /
                                                                                                   ground must not exceed 450mm.
                                                                                                  Edge protection is to be erected across any door
                                                                                            4      opening that leads to an external or internal void
                                                                                                   where stairs have not yet been installed.
                                                                                                  Lift shafts openings are to be fully meshed until a
                                                                                                   purpose designed access cages and lockable doors
                                                                                            4
                                                                                                   are fitted to restrict access.
                                                                                                  Suitable controls are to be in place to ensure persons
                                                                                            5      placing covers over a penetration / opening, are not
                                                                                                   exposed to a fall hazard. Such controls may include
                                                                                                   (where relevant):
                                                                                                   - placing the cover over the penetration /
                                                                                            5          opening as soon as possible and from a position
                                                                                                       where a is not likely to occur, or
                                                                                                   - using a travel restraint system (refer – SWMS:
                                                                                            4          20 “Personal Fall Protection”), or
                                                                                                   - placement of cover whilst a fall arresting
                                                                                                       platform is positioned adequately below the
                                                                                            4          penetration, or
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