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    A scaffold is a temporary elevated work platform used to provide access to work areas at heights. There are three main types: supported, suspended, and aerial lifts. Scaffolds must have components like sole boards, base plates, standards, ledgers, transoms, couplers, braces, guardrails, and platforms. Hazards include falls, falling objects, collapse, and electrocution. Scaffolds must be properly constructed, have fall protection when needed, and be regularly inspected.

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    A scaffold is a temporary elevated work platform used to provide access to work areas at heights. There are three main types: supported, suspended, and aerial lifts. Scaffolds must have components like sole boards, base plates, standards, ledgers, transoms, couplers, braces, guardrails, and platforms. Hazards include falls, falling objects, collapse, and electrocution. Scaffolds must be properly constructed, have fall protection when needed, and be regularly inspected.

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    A scaffold is a temporary elevated work platform used to provide access to work areas at heights. There are three main types: supported, suspended, and aerial lifts. Scaffolds must have components like sole boards, base plates, standards, ledgers, transoms, couplers, braces, guardrails, and platforms. Hazards include falls, falling objects, collapse, and electrocution. Scaffolds must be properly constructed, have fall protection when needed, and be regularly inspected.

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    Scaffolding

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    A scaffold is a temporary elevated work platform used to provide access to work areas at heights. There are three main types: supported, suspended, and aerial lifts. Scaffolds must have components like sole boards, base plates, standards, ledgers, transoms, couplers, braces, guardrails, and platforms. Hazards include falls, falling objects, collapse, and electrocution. Scaffolds must be properly constructed, have fall protection when needed, and be regularly inspected.

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    Welcome to Scaffolds

    1
    What Is A Scaffold?
    An elevated, temporary work platform

    Three basic types:


     Supported scaffolds -- platforms
    supported by rigid, load bearing
    members, such as poles, legs,
    frames, & outriggers
     Suspended scaffolds -- platforms
    suspended by ropes or other non-
    rigid, overhead support
     Aerial Lifts -- such as “cherry
    pickers” or “boom trucks”

    2
    Basic scaffold requirements

    • sole board
    • Base plate
    • Standards
    • Ledgers
    • Transoms
    • couplers
    • Braces
    • Guard rail
    • Platforms
    04/20/20 5 day course 3
    Standards
    • Standards shall be vertical .

    • Shall be spaced to provide adequate support.

    • The joints of the standards shall be staggered.

    Type of scaffold StandardSpacing Maximum load

    Heavy duty 1.8m 3.0kNm2

    General purpose 2.1m 2.0kNm2

    Light duty 2.4m 1.5kNm2


    Avoid the Main Hazards of
    Scaffolds
    •Falls from elevation •Getting struck by falling
    •Bad planking tools or debris
    •Scaffold collapse •Electrocution

    5
    Fall Hazards
    Falls may occur:
    • While climbing on or off
    the scaffold
    • Working on unguarded
    scaffold platforms
    • When scaffold
    platforms or planks fail

    6
    Protecting Workers from Falls
    If a worker on a scaffold
    can fall more than 10
    feet, protect them by:
    • Guardrails, and/or
    • Personal Fall Arrest
    Systems (PFAS)

    7
    Guardrails
    Install along open sides & ends
    Front edge of platforms not
    more than 14 inches from the
    work, unless using guardrails
    and/or PFAS
    Top rails - 38 to 45 inches tall
    Midrails halfway between
    toprail and platform
    Toeboards at least 3-1/2 inches
    high

    8
    Personal Fall Arrest Systems (PFAS)

    You must be trained how to properly use PFAS


    PFAS include anchorage, lifeline and body harness.

    9
    Falling Object Protection

    Wear hardhats

    Barricade area below scaffold
    to forbid entry into that area

    Use panels or screens if
    material is stacked higher than
    the toeboard

    Build a canopy or erect a net
    below the scaffold that will
    contain or deflect falling objects

    10
    Overhead Power Lines

    The possibility of
    electrocution is a
    serious consideration
    when working near
    overhead power lines

    Check the clearance


    distances listed in the
    standard

    11
    Scaffold Support Examples

    Base
    plate

    Mud sills

    Good support Inadequate support –


    in danger of collapse?

    12
    Essential Elements of Safe
    Scaffold Construction
    • Use appropriate
    scaffold construction
    methods

    • Proper scaffold access

    • Properly use a
    competent person

    13
    Scaffold Platform Construction
    • No large gaps in front
    edge of platforms
    • Each abutted end of plank
    must rest on a separate
    support surface
    • Overlap platforms at least
    12 inches over supports,
    unless restrained to
    prevent movement
    Planks not properly
    overlapped

    14
    Scaffold Height

    20’ The height of the


    scaffold should
    not be more than
    four times its
    minimum base
    dimension unless
    guys, ties, or
    braces are used
    5’

    15
    Scaffold Inspections
     Immediately after it has
    been constructed
     Before anybody goes on
    to it
     After any incident that may
    have damaged it, e.g. a
    storm
     Every 7 days
     Written report
     Before the end of the
    working shift
     Detail risks to health and
    safety

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