Construction - lifting plant onto roofs: A health and safety solution

How to prevent injuries when lifting items onto roofs.

Reading level
Easy
Length
1 page
File size
226.77 kB
File type
PDF
Last updated
Feb 2009

What it contains

This document advises how workplaces can prevent injuries or falls among workers lifting items such as air conditioners, onto roofs. It outlines:

  • how workers can be injured by overbalancing on ladders when lifting items or being hit by falling equipment
  • how workplaces can prevent injuries by providing ladder hoists, portable lifting devices and mobile cranes