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Sets out requirements for fire-rated landing doors for retarding the passage of fire through openings in fire-rated liftwells; it applies where doors are required to have a fire-rating certificate.
Sets out options for the location of safety barriers intended to restrict the access of young children to swimming pools.
Adopts EN 81-70:2018 with modifications for Australia, which specifies the minimum requirements for the safe and independent access and use of lifts by a wide range of persons, including persons with disabilities.
Specifies requirements for alarm systems for all types of passenger and goods passenger lifts; deals with the minimum information to be provided as part of the instruction manual related to maintenance and the rescue service.
Specifies requirements for the suitability of products for use in contact with drinking water, with regard to their effect on the quality of water.
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations in relation to confined spaces under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations).
Sets out means of classifying pedestrian surface materials according to their frictional characteristics.
The 2018 edition of AS/NZS 2293.1:2018 is amended as follows; the amendments should be inserted in the appropriate place.
Provides information for duty holders, primarily for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs), on their duties and obligations under the model WHS laws, identifying and assessing the risks from using an industrial rope access system, control measures to manage the risks, and safe planning and use of an industrial rope access system.
Provides information on how to manage risks associated with vibrating machinery in the workplace, and in particular whole-body vibration.