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Hazard: When
scaffolds are not erected or used properly, fall hazards can occur.
Millions of construction workers frequently work on scaffolds.
Protecting these
workers from scaffold-related accidents would prevent a lot of
injuries and fatalities each year.
Solutions:
Scaffold must be
sound, rigid and sufficient to carry its own weight plus four times the maximum
intended load without settling or displacement. It must be erected on solid
footing.
Unstable objects,
such as barrels, boxes, loose bricks or concrete blocks must not be used to
support scaffolds or planks.
Scaffold must not
be erected, moved, dismantled or altered except under the supervision of a
competent person.
Scaffold must be
equipped with guardrails, midrails and toeboards.
Scaffold
accessories such as braces, brackets, trusses, screw legs or ladders that are
damaged or weakened from any cause must be immediately repaired or replaced.
Scaffold
platforms must be tightly planked with scaffold plank grade material or
equivalent.
A "competent
person" must inspect the scaffolding and, at designated intervals,
reinspect it.
Rigging on
suspension scaffolds must be inspected by a competent person before each shift
and after any occurrence that could affect structural integrity to ensure that
all connections are tight and that no damage to the rigging has occurred since
its last use.
Synthetic and
natural rope used in suspension scaffolding must be protected from
heat-producing sources.
Employees must be
instructed about the hazards of using diagonal braces as fall protection.
Scaffold can be
accessed by using ladders and stairwells.
Scaffolds must be
at least 10 feet from electric power lines at all times.