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89 Scaffold safety

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REQUIRED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: Safety footwear, hardhat

GENERAL NOTES: According to provincial guidelines the employer must appoint a skilled and experienced worker to supervise the
erection, use and dismantling of the scaffold system to ensure that the correct procedures are followed. All workers must be equipped with
and use safety footwear and headwear when erecting and working on a scaffold system. NO ONE MAY USE THE SCAFFOLD unless they have
been trained by an experienced person. CONSULT YOUR SUPERVISOR FOR DETAILS.

JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS:

Step
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2

Description
It is absolutely essential to install all the parts,
fittings and accessories required for a scaffold.
All fittings must be positive and securely
connected.--

Hazard
Equipment Failure--Fall

It is absolutely essential that the scaffold is

erected plumb, to ensure maximum structural
capability of the system. When the first tier of
scaffold is erected, check for plumbness and
continue doing so as the scaffold is built. Where
necessary, adjustments can be made by using the
adjustable screw jacks on the base plates.
Settlement or slight variations in the fit of the
components may require additional adjustments
as tiers are added to the scaffold tower. The
scaffold frame should be checked for plumbness
after each tier is added to the scaffold.

Fall causing injury or death

Fall--Equipment Failure

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Controls
Erect in accordance with manufacturers
instructions.
Ensure that all the components are in good
condition and examine them to see that they are
not damaged.
Maximum Variation from Plumb

Print Date: Dec/21/2007

Guardrails must be used on all open sides and

ends of scaffold platforms.
When frames with built-in ladders are used,
cleated plank or fabricated plank must be used at
platform levels to minimize or eliminate platform
overhang. Access ladders must extend at least
three (3) feet above platforms. -Side and end brackets are designed to support
people only.

Check the erected assembly before use.

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5

Collapse

Dismantling
The dismantling of a scaffold proceeds in reverse
order to its erection. Each tier should be
completely dismantled and the material lowered
to the ground before dismantling of the next tier
begins. If platform sections or planks have been
left at each level during erection, it is best to
lower additional platform materials from above to
the working deck being dismantled.

Materials should never be placed on cantilevered

platforms unless the assembly has been
designed to support material loads by a qualified
person.
A qualified person should thoroughly inspect the
completed assembly to see that is complies with
all safety codes, that nuts and bolts are
tightened, that it is level and plumb, that work
platforms are fully planked, that guardrails are in
place and safe access is provided.
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Print Date: Dec/21/2007