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Safety & OSHA

Scaffold Safety

In Plain English

The rules for safely building and using temporary scaffold platforms on construction sites.

Definition

Scaffold safety encompasses the OSHA requirements (29 CFR 1926 Subpart L) for designing, erecting, using, moving, and dismantling scaffolding systems on construction sites. Scaffolds must be designed by a qualified person, erected and dismantled under the supervision of a competent person, and capable of supporting four times the maximum intended load. Fall protection, access, and plank capacity requirements apply to all scaffold types.

Example

The competent person inspected all scaffold systems at the start of each shift and tagged out a bay with a damaged cross brace until repairs were made.

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