Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact·Page 40·5.2
Design of guarding to minimise falling risk
Guarding should be designed to prevent people falling and to eliminate gaps where objects or people could pass through. Various constructions like walls, glazing, parapets, and balustrades can serve as guarding, including around sunken areas within 3 m of a building.
The design of guarding should be such as to minimise the risk of people falling, and of rolling, sliding or slipping through gaps in a barrier.
A wall, glazing, parapet, balustrade or similar construction may serve as guarding.
A sunken area next to a building is an area adjoining the building and includes a light well, access to a basement and similar areas. Guarding should be provided to that part of a sunken area which is within 3 m of the building.
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