Protection from falling, collision and impact: Approved Document K

O N L I N E V E R S I O N K2 Protection from falling Requirement K2: Protection from falling This approved document deals with the following requirement from Part K of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2010. Requirements RRReeeqqquuuiiirrreeemmmeeennnttt LLLiiimmmiiitttsss ooonnn aaappppppllliiicccaaatttiiiooonnn PPPrrrooottteeeccctttiiiooonnn fffrrrooommm fffaaalllllliiinnnggg KKK222...———(((aaa))) AAAnnnyyy ssstttaaaiiirrrsss,,, rrraaammmpppsss,,, fffllloooooorrrsss aaannnddd bbbaaalllcccooonnniiieeesss aaannnddd aaannnyyy RRReeeqqquuuiiirrreeemmmeeennnttt KKK222 (((aaa))) aaappppppllliiieeesss ooonnnlllyyy tttooo ssstttaaaiiirrrsss aaannnddd rrraaammmpppsss rrroooooofff tttooo wwwhhhiiiccchhh pppeeeooopppllleee hhhaaavvveee aaacccccceeessssss,,, aaannnddd wwwhhhiiiccchhh fffooorrrmmm pppaaarrrttt ooofff ttthhheee bbbuuuiiillldddiiinnnggg... (((bbb))) aaannnyyy llliiiggghhhttt wwweeellllll,,, bbbaaassseeemmmeeennnttt aaarrreeeaaa ooorrr sssiiimmmiiilllaaarrr sssuuunnnkkkeeennn aaarrreeeaaa cccooonnnnnneeecccttteeeddd tttooo aaa bbbuuuiiillldddiiinnnggg,,, ssshhhaaallllll bbbeee ppprrrooovvviiidddeeeddd wwwiiittthhh bbbaaarrrrrriiieeerrrsss wwwhhheeerrreee iiittt iiisss nnneeeccceeessssssaaarrryyy tttooo ppprrrooottteeecccttt pppeeeooopppllleee iiinnn ooorrr aaabbbooouuuttt ttthhheee bbbuuuiiillldddiiinnnggg fffrrrooommm fffaaalllllliiinnnggg... Performance In the Secretary of State’s view, you can meet requirement K2 if, in order to reduce the risk to the safety of people in and around buildings, you use suitable guarding for the appropriate circumstance. Unless otherwise set out elsewhere in this document for particular situations, you can achieve this by the following: a. in dwellings: provide pedestrian guarding that is capable of preventing people from being injured by falling from a height of more than 600mm b. in buildings other than dwellings: provide pedestrian guarding that is capable of preventing people from falling more than the height of two risers (or 380mm, if not part of a stair). The standard of provision for guarding needed to give an acceptable level of safety depends on the circumstances. For example, in a public building the standard of provision may need to be higher than in a dwelling, because people may be less familiar with the building and there may be more users. For areas where access is required only for maintenance, greater care can be expected from people and therefore a lower standard of provision may be acceptable. 22 Approved Documentttt KKKK,,,, 2222000011113333 eeeeddddiiiittttiiiioooonnnn Building Regulations 2010 OOO NNN LLL III NNN EEE VVV EEE RRR SSS III OOO NNN