Working-at-Heights Risk Assessment
Fall-prevention risk assessment for balcony, podium and roof waterproofing above 2 m (WHS Regulation s291). Edge protection, EWP and harness controls, exclusion zones and rescue considerations, with a fall-prevention plan template.
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A fall of more than two metres is high-risk construction work under section 291 of the WHS Regulation, and on balcony, podium and roof waterproofing it is the rule rather than the exception — crews work at suspended-slab edges, around penetrations, and on freshly-membraned surfaces that are slippery underfoot.
This risk assessment identifies the fall hazards of the job and sets controls in the correct order: eliminating work at height where possible, then passive protection such as guardrails, edge protection and scaffold, then travel-restraint, and only as a last resort fall-arrest. It includes a fall-prevention plan template for the method actually used and, critically, flags that whenever a harness is relied on, a plan to rescue a suspended worker is mandatory — not optional.
What's inside
- ✓Fall-prevention assessment for work above 2 m (s291)
- ✓Edge protection, EWP and harness controls
- ✓Exclusion zones and rescue considerations
- ✓Fall-prevention plan template
- ✓Editable Microsoft Word format
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