This fact sheet is for anyone considering using a ladder or stepladder at work.

Fact sheet 2: Selecting the right equipment for working safely at height provides guidance on the steps you need to put in place to control the risk of hazards and keep people safe. It features checklists for using working at height equipment and maintenance, and identifies issues to consider when selecting equipment.

Fact sheet 1: Planning a safe approach to working at height provides guidance on how to plan safe working at height by identifying and assessing the hazards and monitoring and documenting your approach.

Preventing falls from height is a priority for WorkSafe NZ and must be actively managed so that people are not harmed. This good practice guide outlines how to effectively assess, manage and control hazards when working at height.

People restoring or maintaining roofs work at heights for both short and long periods of time. When anyone works at height, they could be seriously injured or killed unless they use the right height hazard controls.

Fact sheet 6: Total restraint system provides guidance to help you select and use a total restraint system (sometimes referred to as a travel restraint system) for working safely at height. It emphasises the importance of training and how to get it, and compares total restraint and fall arrest systems.

Fact sheet 5: Temporary work platforms provides guidance on the different types of temporary work platforms and which one to use. It provides information on the safe use of scaffolding, trestles and stools, podium, folding and step platforms, and constructed temporary work platforms.

Fact sheet 4: Edge protection provides guidance on providing edge protection to help prevent people, tools and material from falling. It outlines when edge protection is required, and how to install various types of protection safely.

Fact sheet 3: Short duration work at height provides guidance on planning a safe approach for work that can be completed in minutes rather than hours. This includes assessing and controlling height hazards, as well as planning the work and selecting the right controls.

When fixing tile support systems, laying underlay, installing battens, or stripping and recladding roofs, the hazard of falling through the open rafters must be controlled.

Inspection of a roof is often necessary where a problem has been identified, there is a leak, or before refurbishment.

Never stand on or work from an external wall top plate without suitable fall protection.

Roofers must wear personal protective equipment if using chainsaws to cut roofing battens.

Everyone is responsible for preventing falls when working on a roof – the principal, the self-employed contractor and subcontractor, the employer and the worker. Health and safety in the workplace starts when the decision is made to go ahead with a construction job. All aspects of working safely at height should be considered.

This best practice guideline outlines safety net requirements and the safe use of safety nets.

This good practice guideline outlines requirements when working with mobile elevating work platforms.

It has come to our attention that some builders are using or are considering using ceiling battens as a method of fall protection when working on the roofing structure of the building. Both metal and timber ceiling battens are generally a lightweight element designed to provide support for ceiling linings and not to sustain the loads imposed by a person falling.

Sentencing notes for the WorkSafe prosecution against Clarkin Goat Company Limited in 2023.

The notes on sentencing indication for WorkSafe's prosecution against Clarkin Goat Company Limited in 2023.