10
Dec 2024
TOOLBOX TALK 34/60: SCAFFOLDS
TOOLBOX TALK 34/60
TOPIC: SCAFFOLDS
OBJECTIVE: TO ENSURE THAT SCAFFOLDS ARE CONSTRUCTED SAFELY
❌Makeshift scaffolds should not be used and are made of things such as:
- Concrete blocks
- Boxes
- Buckets
- Piles of scrap material
- Poorly supported wooden planks
- Machinery
✔Rolling Scaffold
- They should only be used on a level surface.
- The height should not exceed 4 times the minimum base dimension, unless guyed or equipped with outriggers.
- Decking should be full width and secured against displacement.
- They should have guardrails, mid rails and toe boards.
- All casters should be locked except when the scaffold is being moved.
- No one should be on it while it is being moved.
✔Tubular Metal Scaffold
- Should be tied to and braced against the structure at intervals, not to exceed 9m horizontally and 7.92m vertically.
- They should have guardrails, mid rails and toe boards.
- Screw jacks should be adjusted to plumb and level the scaffold.
- All cross bracing should be installed.
- Mudsills should be used on soft ground.
- Planks should be lapped not less than 30cm nor more than 46cm.
- Safe means of access should be provided – climbing cross bracing is dangerous.
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