SCHEDULE 3REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKING PLATFORMS
PART 1REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL WORKING PLATFORMS
Safety on working platforms5
A working platform shall—
a
be of sufficient dimensions to permit the safe passage of persons and the safe use of any plant or materials required to be used and to provide a safe working area having regard to the work being carried out there;
b
possess a suitable surface and, in particular, be so constructed that the surface of the working platform has no gap—
i
through which a person could fall;
ii
through which any material or object could fall and injure a person; or
iii
giving rise to other risk of injury to any person, unless measures have been taken to protect persons against such risk; and
c
be so erected and used, and maintained in such condition, as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable—
i
the risk of slipping or tripping; or
ii
any person being caught between the working platform and any adjacent structure.