Workplace Safety and Health (Work at Heights) Regulations, 2025 · s 28

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28.
Industrial rope access equipment and personal protective equipment
(1) Where any industrial rope access system is used in a workplace, it shall be the duty of the responsible person of a person who carries out or is to carry out work at height at a workplace to ensure that -
(a} it comprises at least two independent anchorage lines, of which one is the working line and the other is the safety line;
(b} the person who uses the industrial rope access system is provided with a suitable harness connected to the working line and the safety line;
(c} the working line is equipped with safe means of ascent and descent and has a self-locking system to prevent the user from falling should he lose control of his movements; and
(d) no part of the system comes into contact with anything that could affect the safe use of the system.
(2) It shall be the duty of the responsible person of a person who carries out or is to carry out work at height at a workplace to ensure that every equipment of the industrial rope access system used in the workplace -
(a} is of good construction, sound material and adequate strength;
(b) is free from patent defects;
(c)
is properly maintained; and 118
(d) carries a unique marking to allow traceability to a test inspection, thorough examination or a certificate of conformity.

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s 28Industrial rope access equipment and personal protective equipment

(1)

Where any industrial rope access system is used in a workplace, it shall be the duty of the responsible person of a person who carries out or is to carry out work at height at a workplace to ensure that -

(a} it comprises at least two independent anchorage lines, of which one is the working line and the other is the safety line;

(b} the person who uses the industrial rope access system is provided with a suitable harness connected to the working line and the safety line;

(c} the working line is equipped with safe means of ascent and descent and has a self-locking system to prevent the user from falling should he lose control of his movements; and

(d)

no part of the system comes into contact with anything that could affect the safe use of the system.

(2)

It shall be the duty of the responsible person of a person who carries out or is to carry out work at height at a workplace to ensure that every equipment of the industrial rope access system used in the workplace -

(a} is of good construction, sound material and adequate strength;

(b)

is free from patent defects;

(c)

is properly maintained; and 118

(d)

carries a unique marking to allow traceability to a test inspection, thorough examination or a certificate of conformity.