title: Fall prevention guidance updated.
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'.
authors.affiliation: Workplace Access & Safety.
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sachs
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001315:Australia; D006801:Humans; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards*