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6.—(1) Every employer shall ensure that lifting equipment is positioned or installed in such a way as to reduce to as low as is reasonably practicable the risk—
(a)of the lifting equipment or a load striking a person; or
(b)from a load—
(i)drifting;
(ii)falling freely; or
(iii)being released unintentionally;
and it is otherwise safe.
(2) Every employer shall ensure that there are suitable devices to prevent a person from falling down a shaft or hoistway.
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