236   Lifts

(1)  The person with management or control of a lift at a workplace (including a person with management or control of maintenance of a lift) must ensure that:

(a)  if there is a risk of a person falling down a lift well:

(i)  secure barriers are provided to prevent access to openings into the lift well by someone other than a person who is performing work in the lift well, and

(ii)  secure working platforms or equivalent arrangements are provided for a person who is working in the lift well to prevent a fall from height, and

(b)  if there is a risk to a person working in a lift well from objects falling onto that person—a secure barrier is provided to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, falling objects from striking the person or otherwise causing a risk.

Maximum penalty:

(a)  in the case of an individual—$3,600, or

(b)  in the case of a body corporate—$18,000.

(2)  The person must ensure that there is a safe means of entry to and exit from the base of the lift well.

Maximum penalty:

(a)  in the case of an individual—$3,600, or

(b)  in the case of a body corporate—$18,000.

(3)  The person must ensure that there is fixed, in a prominent place in the lift, a sign that states the safe working load specified in the design of the lift.

Maximum penalty:

(a)  in the case of an individual—$3,600, or

(b)  in the case of a body corporate—$18,000.