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     All workers using personal fall protection are to     Hutchinson Builders     E    5       H
Accessing and working at height       Incorrect set-up / use of
                                                                               24           have received suitable training in the selection,     Site Foreman                         15
using a fall arrest system            personal fall protection
                                                                                            use of the equipment and systems of work
                                      equipment
                                                                                            used.                                                 Competent Person
                                                                                           Personal fall protection equipment is be used
                                                                                     5      in accordance with any instructions or
                                                                                            requirements of the system’s manufacturer or
                                                                                            supplier.
                                                                                           Fall distance is to be taken into consideration
                                                                                     5      to ensure that there is enough distance
                                                                                            available for a person falling into the system to
                                                                                            avoid them from hitting an object, the ground
                                                                                            or other protrusion during a potential fall.
                                                                                           Users of fall-arrest protection systems are to
                                                                                     5      put in place controls that ensure components
                                                                                            of the system are protected from potential
                                                                                            friction and damage during use and during a
                                                                                            potential fall (i.e. padding around rough
                                                                                            anchorages and covers over sharp edges).
                                                                                           A safety 'belt' is not to be used in a fall-arrest
                                                                                     1      system (i.e. to arrest a person who may fall
                                                                                            more than 600mm)
                                                                                           A lanyard assembly is to be as short as
                                                                                            practicable and the working slack length short
                                                                                     5
                                                                                            enough to ensure that a fall of a user of not
                                                                                     5
                                                                                            more than 2m, when used in conjunction with
                                                                                            a fall-arrest system, will result.
                                                                                           The components of a fall-arrest system are to
                                                                                            be compatible. The use of non-compatible
                                                                                            components could lead to ineffective
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