Pop-up toilets: Risk of crushing

Issue

Someone was killed when working underneath a raised telescopic pop-up toilet. He was in the void below when the pop-up toilet lowered, crushing him.

Outline of the problem

There is a risk of people being crushed when they are underneath a raised, unpropped pop-up toilet.
There’s potential danger from:

  • the lowering of a raised pop-up toilet during cleaning, maintenance or inspection activity
  • intentional or unintentional access to the chamber underneath a raised, unpropped pop-up toilet

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