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Open edge check during frame and floors
Checklist · Every day while frame and floors go up
The daily check while the frame and floors are being built: every leading or open edge protected, nets or other fall protection in place, and exclusion zones below.
Use it in Sitro: add it to a project and fill it on a phone, free for 14 days.
The law and guidance behind it
- Work at Height Regulations 2005, Regulations 6 and 10 (falling objects)
The questions
Where and when
- Level and area
- Date
Checks
- Every open edge protected, or nobody can reach it
- Nets, airbags or other fall protection in place below, as the plan says
- Decking and floors fixed down as they go, no loose sheets
- Exclusion zone below for falling materials, marked and kept
- Tools and materials secured against falling
Actions
- Anything found that needs putting right (write "None" if nothing)
- Action taken or who it was passed to
Sign-off
- Checked by
- Date and time
- Signature
A template to adapt to your site, not legal advice.
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