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Slips, trips and falls - Employer's duty of care
Employers have a duty to ensure their workplace is safe, and this means controlling the risk of falls from any height.
Employers must identify all tasks that involve the possibility of someone falling more than two metres. Tasks may include:
- construction, demolition, repairs or maintenance on any plant or structure
- work on fragile or unstable surfaces
- the need for equipment to gain access
- work on sloping or slippery surfaces
- work near an edge, hole, pit or shaft.
For each task identified, employers need to determine whether there is a risk of a fall from height and consider the circumstances that may increase the risk of a fall. An assessment must involve looking at how work is done, how often, and the conditions or physical surroundings where such work is undertaken.