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09 - HEIGHT SAFETY
Height Safety & Installed Systems
Your Responsibilities
The law in Australia states that the person in control of
a premises are responsible for all hazards and have the
responsibility of assessing and eliminating or controlling
risks. The various individual state regulations specify that
the controller(s) of a premises must ensure that safe access
is provided to all parts of a place of work to which a person
may require access and from which a person may fall. This
responsibility covers employees, visitors and contractors.
If an area or task is identified as being a risk, Bullivants can
work with you and your people to design, supply and install a
system which suits your needs to achieve the safest working
environment.
Our Team
Bullivants’ National Height Safety Team has many years of
experience in installing, designing and inspecting Working at
Heights and Safety Solutions that comply with current state
regulations and Australian Standards.
Our team consists of engineers, consultants and certified
installers who specialise in providing our clients with safe
working at heights solutions.
Our national coverage allows us to offer installation and
inspection services nationwide.
We have a wide cross-section of specialised installation
equipment to ensure all installations are completed strictly to
manufacturers specification and technical requirements.
Bullivants are approved and accredited installers of:
Our team is dedicated to helping our clients achieve a safe
work environment and ensure compliance to regulations, codes
of practice and Australian Standards. All installation work is
carried out by Bullivants own trained personnel.
Our Working at Heights and Safety Solution capability
involves providing:
1.Risk Assessment
2.System Design
3.Installation
4.Certification
5.Training
6.Inspection
7.Rescue
8.Personal Fall Protection
Risk Assessment
Before the installation of each Working at Heights and Safety
Solution a complete audit and risk assessment is carried out to
determine the risks and associated hazards and the best control
measures to implement.
When assessing each building structure or access issue,
hazard identification should be carried out to determine the
potential risk of injury with solutions being selected or prioritised
within a six level “Hierarchy of Control” shown below.
Control Products
Hazard Identification
& Risk Assessment
Conducted during our initial
site audit where Bullivants would
identify each hazard and carry out
a risk assessment on each.
Elimination
Identified during our site
audit process Bullivants would,
where possible, recommend the
elimination of the height safety
risk through re-design.
Substitution
Also identified through
our site audit process, if the
elimination risk through re-design
is not possible, Bullivants would
recommend the substitution of
components, processes
or systems.
Isolation
If substitution is not possible
Bullivants would recommend the
isolation of worker risk through the
use of permanent edge protection
systems (walkways and guard
rails).
Administration
With a combination of
operating procedures, Work
Method Statements or Job Safety
Analysis, hazards and risk can be
significantly reduced.
Fall Protection
If the risk cannot be
isolated, Bullivants would
then recommend the use of fall
protection equipment (vertical and
horizontal systems, anchor points,
harnesses & lanyards)