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* installing services as part of mining, including communication and controls such as ventilation
                                                                                                                                    * drilling for a sample or developing a shaft
                                                                                                                                    * removing overburden at an open-cut mine.

APPENDIX b – examples of high risk construction work
Table 3 Examples of high risk construction work (as defined in Regulation 291):

High Risk Construction Work                                                                                                                                 Examples
 Work that involves a risk of a person falling more than 2 metres.                                                                                              * installing an evaporative cooler on the roof of a house
                                                                                                                                                                * installing roof trusses
 *Note: in some jurisdictions the fall height limit for high risk construction work is 3 metres.                                                                * installing roof tiles or roof sheeting
                                                                                                                                                                * working adjacent to a pit or opening with a fall height
                                                                                                                                                                  of more than 2 metres
 Work that is carried out on a telecommunication tower                                                                                                          * installing equipment on a telecommunications tower
 Work that involves demolition of an element of a structure that is load-bearing or otherwise related to the physical integrity of the structure                * knocking down a load-bearing wall in a house
                                                                                                                                                                * removing bracing from a wall or roof as part of a renovation
                                                                                                                                                                * knocking down load-bearing walls as part of a warehouse conversion
 Work that involves, or is likely to involve, the disturbance of asbestos                                                                                       * removing floor tiles containing asbestos as part of a renovation
                                                                                                                                                                * cutting or drilling into an asbestos cement sheet wall
                                                                                                                                                                * demolishing a house that contains asbestos
                                                                                                                                                                * working on asbestos cement pipework
 Work that involves structural alterations or repairs that require temporary support to prevent collapse                                                        * using props to support a ceiling where a load-bearing wall will be removed
 Work that is carried out in or near a confined space                                                                                                           * connecting a new sewer to a sewer main in a 3-metre trench
                                                                                                                                                                * unblocking a sewer line from within a large underground sewer pit
 Work that is carried out in an area that may have a contaminated or flammable atmosphere                                                                       * removing pipework or tank that may contain the residue of hazardous chemicals.
                                                                                                                                                                * demolishing a petrol station and removing old tanks
                                                                                                                                                                * decommissioning plant
 Work that is carried out in or near a shaft or trench with an excavated depth greater than 1.5 metres or is carried out in or near a tunnel                    * laying or repairing pipes or conduits in a trench that is
                                                                                                                                                                  more than 1.5 metres deep
                                                                                                                                                                * testing drainage pipes in a trench that is more than
                                                                                                                                                                  1.5 metres deep
                                                                                                                                                                * working near bored piers that are greater than 1.5 m deep
                                                                                                                                                                * building a tunnel in the course of constructing an underground railway or road
 Work that involves the use of explosives                                                                                                                       * using explosives to breakup rock or to remove