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.