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