Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01083:reg:55
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01083
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 55
Character Range: 153498–154543

55  Minimising risk associated with falling objects
 (1) This regulation applies if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate the risk referred to in regulation 54.
 (2) The person conducting the business or undertaking at a workplace must minimise the risk of an object falling on a person by providing adequate protection against the risk in accordance with this regulation.
Note: Section 12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section 12F of the Act includes these Regulations.
Penalty: The tier E monetary penalty.
 (3) The person provides adequate protection against the risk if the person provides and maintains a safe system of work, including:
 (a) preventing an object from falling freely, so far as is reasonably practicable; or
 (b) 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.
Examples: