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the ship or pontoon at its moorings. Walkways should be designed to tolerate forces in all three planes and torsional forces. Transitional flaps at their ends should be included if necessary.

Falling objects

WHS Regulations
Regulation 54: A PCBU at a workplace must manage risks to health and safety associated with an object falling on a person if the falling object is reasonably likely to injure the person.
Regulation 55: If it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate the risk referred to in regulation 54 the PCBU at a workplace must minimise the risk of an object falling on a person by providing adequate protection against the risk.
The person provides adequate protection against the risk if the person provides and maintains a safe system of work, including:
       preventing an object from falling freely, so far as is reasonably practicable, or
       if it is not reasonably practicable to prevent an object from falling freely—providing, so far as is reasonably practicable, a system to arrest the fall of a falling object.
Falling objects pose a significant risk when carrying out stevedoring operations. Control measures may include:
       using the appropriate equipment to raise and lower cargo including ensuring that safe working load (SWL) is not exceeded—see section 7
       stacking containers and other cargo so they are stable
       providing overhead protective structures on mobile plant to protect plant operators, and
       establishing exclusion zones where loads are being lifted overhead.

    5.8           Noise

WHS Regulations
Regulation 57: A PCBU at a workplace must manage risks to health and safety relating to hearing loss associated with noise and ensure that the noise that a worker is exposed to at the workplace does not exceed the exposure standard for noise.
Regulation 58: A PCBU must provide audiometric testing for a worker who is carrying out work for the business or undertaking if the worker is required to frequently use personal hearing protectors as a control measure for noise that exceeds the exposure standard.
Noise monitoring provides a means of assessing noise levels and length of exposure and the data obtained can be used to determine suitable control measures to minimise the risk of hearing loss.
Noise from vehicles, engines and transmission equipment used in an enclosed space like a ship's hold may be hazardous to operators in the vicinity.
Further guidance on the noise exposure standard, control measures and audiometric testing is in the Code of Practice: Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work.

    5.9           Managing Fatigue
Fatigue is more than feeling tired and drowsy. In a work context, fatigue is a state of mental and/or physical exhaustion which reduces a person's ability to perform work safely and effectively.
Fatigue