AS/NZS 4994.1:2009 pdf free.Temporary edge protection – Part1:General requirements.
This Standard specifies requirements for the design, manufacture and testing of equipment that is intended to provide temporary edge protection for persons working on roofs of buildings having slopes not greater than 35 to the horizontal and for other exposed edges,
prior to the installation of the permanent walling materials.
NOTES:
1.This Standard does not apply to the containment of materials on residential roofs.
2 Edge protection is used on buildings that are being constructed, renovated, extended, altered or maintained.
3 Where roof slopes exceed 35 degrees, roof edge protection should be specifically designed. In some instances it may be appropriate that some other form of restraint may be required to avoid risk of excessive impact.
4 AS/NZS 4494.2 specifies requirements for the installation and dismantling of roof edge protection.
5 AS/NZS 4494.3 specifies requirements for the installation and dismantling of edge protection of other edges prior to the installation of the permanent walling materials.
1.2 NEW DESIGNS AND INNOVATIONS
This Standard does not prevent the use of design. materials, methods of assembly, procedures and the like that do not comply with the specific requirements of this Standard, or are not mentioned in it, but which can be shown to give equivalent or superior results. Service durability shall be a consideration in any assessment of new materials.
1.3 APPLJCATION
Persons using this Standard are advised to familiarize themselves with the relevant specific statutory requirements regarding occupational health and safety legislation, scaffolding and working at heights.
NOTES:
I In Australia, housing and residential buildings are considered to be of not more than three habitable storeys. based on Classes 1. 2 and 10 of the Building Code of Australia (I3CA).
2 In New Zealand, such buildings within the definition of a housing unit are as per the New Zealand Building Code (NZBC).