This is a "Legal Check" that will assist you to do a quick, yet accurate legal check, to see if there is compliance with the requirements, as prescribed in the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 85 of 1993.

Construction Regulation 8: Fall Protection Plan.
  • Competent person appointed in writing to develop and implementing of programme,
  • a risk assessment of all work carried out from elevated positions is conducted,
  • employees are trained,
  • inspections, test and maintenance of all fall protection equipment are done and record kept,
  • plan reviewed and regularly up date by the competented person.


Competent person - means a person having the knowledge, training, experince and qualifications specific to the work or task being performed.