Workplace Safety and Health (Scaffolds) Regulations 2011 · As enacted · Part V · Suspended Scaffolds
44. Safety device for suspended scaffolds
Feedback & supportIt shall be the duty of the responsible person to ensure that the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) are complied with.
Subject to paragraph (4), every suspended scaffold in a workplace that is raised or lowered by climbers, winches or a powered device shall be provided at each suspension point with a safety rope with an automatic safety device mounted on it.
The safety rope with the automatic safety device referred to in paragraph (2) shall be capable of supporting the platform in the event of a failure of the primary suspension rope, winch, climber or any part of the device or mechanism used for raising or lowering the suspended scaffold.
Paragraph (2) shall not apply if —
the platform is supported on 2 independent suspension wire ropes at or near each end such that, in the event of a failure of one suspension wire rope, the other wire rope is capable of sustaining the weight of the platform and its load and preventing it from tilting; or
a system is incorporated which operates automatically to support the platform and its load in the event of a failure of the primary suspension rope.
Subregulation 1
It shall be the duty of the responsible person to ensure that the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) are complied with.
Subregulation 2
Subject to paragraph (4), every suspended scaffold in a workplace that is raised or lowered by climbers, winches or a powered device shall be provided at each suspension point with a safety rope with an automatic safety device mounted on it.
Subregulation 3
The safety rope with the automatic safety device referred to in paragraph (2) shall be capable of supporting the platform in the event of a failure of the primary suspension rope, winch, climber or any part of the device or mechanism used for raising or lowering the suspended scaffold.
Subregulation 4
Paragraph (2) shall not apply if —
the platform is supported on 2 independent suspension wire ropes at or near each end such that, in the event of a failure of one suspension wire rope, the other wire rope is capable of sustaining the weight of the platform and its load and preventing it from tilting; or
a system is incorporated which operates automatically to support the platform and its load in the event of a failure of the primary suspension rope.