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AS 1892.5-2000 Portable Ladders Part 5: Selection, Safe Use and Care

AS 1892.5-2000 Portable Ladders Part 5: Selection, Safe Use and Care

AS 1892.5-2000 Portable Ladders Part 5: Selection, Safe Use and Care sets out the minimum recommended safe practices and requirements for theselection, use and maintenance of portable ladders. The requirements of this Standard need not apply where recognized safe work procedures are in place.

PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee SF/34, Portable Ladders, as a revision of AS 1892.4(Int)—1992, Portable ladders, Part 4: Selection, safe use and care and NZS 3609:1978, Specification for timber ladders, in part.

The Standard is one of a series of Standards covering the design, manufacture and use of portable ladders. The other Standards in the series are as follows:

AS/NZS 1892 Portable ladders and 1892.1 Part 1: Metal, AS 1892.2 Part 2: Timber, AS/NZS 1892.3 Part 3: Reinforced plastic

This Standard covers:

SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

  •  1.1 SCOPE
  •  1.2 OBJECTIVE
  •  1.3 APPLICATION
  •  1.4 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS

SECTION 2 COMMON GUIDELINES

  •  2.1 PRINCIPLES
  •  2.2 HANDLING OF LADDERS
  •  2.3 PITCH ANGLE
  •  2.4 FOOTING
  •  2.5 TOP OF LADDER
  •  2.6 HEIGHT ABOVE LANDING
  •  2.7 NEAR DOOR OPENINGS
  •  2.8 CLIMBING LADDERS
  •  2.9 WORKING ON LADDERS
  •  2.10 MOVEMENT ON LADDERS
  •  2.11 STEP AND TRESTLE LADDERS
  •  2.12 USE OF LADDERS

SECTION 3 METAL LADDERS

  •  3.1 ELECTRICAL HAZARDS
  •  3.2 MAINTENANCE
  •  3.3 INSPECTION
  •  3.4 TIPPING OVER, AND OTHER IMPACT DAMAGE
  •  3.5 EXPOSURE TO FIRE
  •  3.6 CORROSIVE SUBSTANCES
  •  3.7 STORAGE

SECTION 4 REINFORCED PLASTIC LADDERS

  •  4.1 MAINTENANCE
  •  4.2 INSPECTION
  •  4.3 TIPPING OVER, AND OTHER IMPACT DAMAGE
  •  4.4 EXPOSURE TO FIRE
  •  4.5 CORROSIVE SUBSTANCES
  •  4.6 STORAGE

SECTION 5 TIMBER LADDERS

  •  5.1 ELECTRICAL HAZARDS
  •  5.2 HOT CONDITIONS
  •  5.3 MAINTENANCE
  •  5.4 COATING OF STILES
  •  5.5 INSPECTION
  •  5.6 TIPPING OVER, AND OTHER IMPACT DAMAGE
  •  5.7 CORROSIVE SUBSTANCES
  •  5.8 STORAGE

SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE This Standard sets out the minimum recommended safe practices and requirements for the selection, use and maintenance of portable ladders. The requirements of this Standard need not apply where recognized safe work procedures are in place.

1.2 OBJECTIVE The objective of this Standard is to provide users of portable ladders with means of minimizing the risks to the health and safety of users and others working with or otherwise near portable ladders.

1.3 APPLICATION The general principles recommended for the selection, use and maintenance of portable ladders are given in Section 2. Specific requirements unique to a ladder predominantly constructed from a particular material are given in a Section appropriate to the material, as follows:

(a) Metal —Section 3., (b) Reinforced plastic—Section 4., (c) Timber—Section 5….

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