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RIIWHS204E-Work safely at heights

BARRICADES

Perimeter fencing, barricades, barriers, screens, handrails can be used to prevent access or
prevent a person from falling. Barricades can be used to provide pedestrian detours,
which should be clearly defined and protected. Barricades and barriers can make hazard
areas noticed.

Barriers should be used to cordon -off elevated areas including roofs and balconies where edge
protection is not provided, and people are not permitted to access. The barriers should be secure
and restrict access to authorized people only. Signage should be erected which warns against
entry to those areas.

Where possible, barriers should be placed at least 2 metres in from any unprotected edge or
opening. They can include steel mesh panels, metal post and rails and metal posts with timber
rail assemblies.

They should be highly visible and securely fixed to prevent displacement. 23

Signage and barriers should be used to cordon -off elevated areas including roofs and
balconies where edge protection is not provided, and people are not permitted to access.
The barriers should be secure and restrict access to authorized people only.
Where possible, barriers should be placed at least 2 meters in from any unprotected edge
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or opening.

Barriers or barricades can include steel mesh panels, metal post and rails and metal posts
with timber rail assemblies. They should be highly visible and securely fixed to prevent
displacement.

As a user, you must always check access from the ground to work area, and if you find
it is unsafe then you must always Erect barricades and signs around the area and
Report it to the supervisor immediately.

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https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/system/files/documents/1702/nationalcodeofpractice_preventiono
ffalls_generalconstruction_2008_pdf.pdf

24 https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/heights

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