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Design and Analysis for Fall Detection System Simplification
Published on: April 6, 2020
Fall prevention guidance updated
1Workplace Access & Safety.
Abstract:
In an article first published in the September 2012 edition of The Australian Hospital Engineer, Carl Sachs, managing director of falls prevention specialist, Workplace Access & Safety, explains how and why 'the most popular safety-related Australian Standard of all time', AS1657, was recently revised and put out for consultation. In revised form, the standard--which covers key fall prevention considerations when specifying and using equipment such as step ladders, rungs, or staircases, during building or maintenance--has more than doubled in size, and provides significantly more detail, plus 'substantial new requirements'.
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