Whsmp · OPW16/0021

                                                                                SWMS:20 – Personal Fall Protection

Safe Work Methods
                                                                                      H                Controls / Work Methods                        Responsible            Residual
              Job Steps                    Potential Hazards            L   C   R     O                                                               person/s for             Risk
                                                                                               1. Eliminate 2. Substitute 3. Isolate 4. Engineer
                                                                                      C                         5. Admin 6. PPE                     Monitor & Review       L    C R
                                                                        B   5    E    5     A personal fall protection system is to only be       Hutchinson Builders     E    5       H
Planning to undertake general work    Failure to identify a suitable
                                                                                24           used where it is not practicable to work within       Site Foreman                         15
at heights activities                 means of access and / or
                                                                                             the confines of a working platform or to
                                      working at height
                                                                                             provide other forms of fall protection such as        Competent Person
                                                                                             edge protection, or it is used in conjunction
                                                                                             with such protection. Refer to SWMS: 15 Work
                                                                                             at Heights (General).
                                                                                            Consultation and a review is to take place to
                                                                                      5      ensure that safe access and egress can be
                                                                                             achieved and maintained throughout the
                                                                                             duration of the works – e.g.: access ladder,
                                                                                             scaffold or scissor lift etc.
                                                                        B   5    E    5     A pre-use inspection of harnesses and all other       Competent Person        E    5       H
Inspection of fall protection         Failing to identify damaged/
                                                                                24           associated fall protection equipment is to be                                              15
equipment                             faulty/ out-of-date fall arrest
                                                                                             undertaken by a competent person prior to
                                      equipment
                                                                                             use.
                                                                                            Harnesses and associated equipment are to
                                                                                      5      also be inspected at least once every 6 months
                                                                                             by a competent person with a written record of
                                                                                             the inspection(s) maintained for not less than
                                                                                             4 years or the life of the system.

                                                                                      5     All workers using personal fall protection are to
                                                                                             have received suitable training in the selection
                                                                                             and use of the equipment and systems of work
                                                                                             used.
                                                                                      5     No person is to use any component of any
                                                                                             personal fall protection system, including an
                                                                                             anchorage, if that component shows evidence
                                                                                             of wear, damage or weakness to an extent that
                                                                                             may affect the system’s safety.

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