What are lifts?
In the National Standard for Plant [NOHSC:1010(1994)] lifts are defined as any permanent plant (or plant intended to be permanent) which is in or attached to a building or structure and by means of which persons, goods or materials may be raised or lowered within or on a car cage, or platform and the movement of which is restricted by a guide or guides and includes an apparatus in the nature of a chair lift, escalator, moving walk or stairway lift, and any supporting structure, machinery, equipment, gear, lift well, enclosures and entrances. The legislative framework What is the relevant legislation? Under the OHS Act, it is the employer’s responsibility to take reasonably practicable steps to: • protect the health and safety at work of the employer’s employees (section 16(1) • provide and maintain a working environment (including plant systems of work) that is safe and without risk to their employees’ health (section 16(2)(a)) • ensure that workplaces under the employer’s control are
