Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact·Page 8·57
Guarding of elevated surfaces and means of escape routes
Stairs, ladders, ramps, floors, balconies, landings, platforms, roofs, and sunken areas must be adequately guarded with barriers where necessary to protect people from falling during normal use and maintenance, and to protect people on vehicle ramps, floors, and roofs from being struck by vehicles.
A stair, ladder, ramp, floor, balcony, landing, platform and any roof or other place to which people normally have access (including access for the purpose of maintenance) and a sunken area next to a building, shall, where it is necessary to protect people approaching, accessing, moving between levels within or exiting that building from the risk of falling, be adequately guarded with a barrier which does not present a hazard.
Any part of a building which is a vehicle ramp, floor or roof to which vehicles have access shall, where it is necessary to protect people, be adequately guarded with a barrier which does not present a hazard.
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