Operator Protective Structures on Self-Propelled Mobile Mechanical Plant - Approved Code of Practice for
This code of practice has been prepared jointly by the Occupational Safety and Health Service and the New Zealand Contractors' Federation, in consultation with the construction and forestry industries. It provides best practice measures for employers to consider when managing mechanical plant roll over hazards in a way that meets the requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act and Regulations. All the code's requirements are based on Standards produced by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) or joint Australian/ New Zealand Standards.
Table of Contents
ABOUT THIS CODE
NOTICE OF ISSUE
FOREWORD
A SUMMARY OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 1992
Object of the Act
Regulations
Approved Codes of Practice
Employers' Duties
Hazard Management
Information for Employees
Employers to Involve Employees in the Development of Health and Safety Procedures
Training of Employees
Safety of People Who are Not Employees
Employees' and Self-Employed Persons' Duties
Definition of Employers in Respect to the Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995 (Regulations 19 and 20)
Principals and Contractors
Accidents and Serious Harm (Records and Notification)
1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Objective
1.2 Definitions
1.3 Roll Overs and Tip Overs
2: HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT REGULATIONS 1995
3: PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES
4: OPERATOR TRAINING
5: LOADING OF MACHINERY FOR TRANSPORTATION
6: OPERATOR PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES
7: STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS
7.1 The Structural Design Criteria for Structures
7.2 Steel Design Criteria
7.3 Alternative Test
7.4 Force-Energy and Load Requirement
7.5 Welding Requirement Standards
7.6 Design Analysis for COPS
8: IDENTIFICATION OF PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES
9: DAMAGE TO PROTECTIVE FRAMES
10: SEATBELT REQUIREMENTS
11: DUTIES OF DESIGNERS, MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS
11.1 Duties of Designers of Plant
11.2 Duties of Manufacturers and Suppliers of Plant
12: SPECIAL STRUCTURES
13: ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING OPERATOR PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES
14: EXEMPTION FROM REGULATIONS
APPENDIX A: REFERENCES TO STANDARDS
APPENDIX B: ACCEPTANCE AND TESTING CRITERIA FOR COPS
APPENDIX C: LOCATION OF DEFLECTION-LIMITING VOLUME
APPENDIX D: SEATBELT SYSTEM CRITERIA
