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Ball proof:
If the elefant® gratings are to be used in connection with operating platforms and walkways, H&S requirements may specify that the gratings must be ball tested. This means that a ball of a given diameter must not be able to fall through the aperture of the grating. Objects must be prevented from falling through the deck and injuring people underneath.
 
Standard BS EN ISO 14122-2:2003 states the following about ball testing:
 
Section: 4.2.4.4
a) Flooring
Generally, the risk assessment influences the choice of open flooring on working platforms or walkways.

 

- The flooring of a working platform or walkway shall only have such maximum openings that a ball with a diameter of 35 mm cannot fall through.

 

- Floorings above a place where people are working, as opposed to occasional passage, shall have such maximum openings that a ball with a diameter of 20 mm cannot fall through unless the safety is guaranteed by other suitable means.

 

In cases where the risk assessment concludes that the risk of objects or other materials falling from or through the flooring exceeds the risk of slipping, falling etc., the flooring shall not have any openings.

 

b) Joints
Between the edges of the flooring and adjoining construction parts or openings at the edge that are necessary for elements fitting into the openings, e.g. pipes, containers or supports, a kick flat is required if the distance between the flooring and the part exceeds 30 mm.

 

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