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Scaffold Safety

Preview

Safe-Con, LLC

5714 Merlin St.

Madison, WI 53711

www.safeconllc.com

This is a preview of Safe-Con, LLCs Scaffold

Training Program. Slides shown in this preview were

taken from the complete program.

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Stupid Set-ups

The plank issupported by an

extension ladder,a closed stepladder and astraight ladder.

The guardrails are

not acceptable. There is no

stability

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1926.450 Scope, Application

Covers all scaffolds used in

workplaces.

Does not apply to crane or derricksuspended personnel platforms,

which are covered by 1926.550(g).

Aerial lifts are covered 1926.453.

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Scaffold Requirements

Be on a firm foundation with base

plates

Be plumb, square and adequatelybraced

Have a fully planked work deck

Have guardrails over 10 feet Be tied in over 4 Vert./1 Horiz. high

Have an adequate means of access

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Scaffold Capacity

Must be able support its own weight

and 4 times the maximum intended

load.

Scaffolds must be designed by a

qualified person.

They must and built and loadedwithin design.

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Competent Persons

All scaffolds must

be erected, moved,dismantled or

altered only under

the supervision of

a competent

person

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Scaffold Foundations

Scaffolds must

have base plates,

even when setting

on a concrete

floor.

Also, the lack of abase plate could

damage the

scaffold leg.

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Scaffold Foundations

Scaffold legs must

be set on base

plates and adequatemudsills.

There is no base

plate and the scrap

plywood is notadequate.

The scaffold frame

could penetrate the

plywood.

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Never on Masonry!

Scaffolds should

never be set on

bricks, masonry

blocks, etc.

These are not

structural elements

and could crush

under the scaffold

load.

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Good Foundations

Masons Adjustable

Hydro-mobile

Frames

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Plumb & Level The Scaffold

It all starts in the

first bay.

If it is set plumb and

square, the rest willfollow.

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Guardrails are required at 10 feet.

Fall protection can be used in lieu of

guardrails on some scaffolds.

Top rails must be 38 to 45 high

You must have a mid rail.

Use of cross bracing is allowed in lieu of

top rail or mid rails in some cases but not

both.

Guardrails1926.451 (g)

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Use of Braces forGuardrails

Brace can be used as a Top Rail.

Platform

38 - 48"Install Mid Rail

< 48"

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Mobile

Scaffolds

Diagonal

Brace

Full Guardrails

All Frame

Bracing

Fully Planked

Deck

ProperAccess

Stack Pins

Locked

Level

Surface

Total Height Less than 4 times Base

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Training Requirements

1926.454

Workers must be trained in Nature of electrical, fall, and falling object

hazards Correct procedures for protection of above Proper use of the scaffold Load capacities of scaffolds Requirements of OSHAs Subpart L

Retraining as necessary to restoreproficiency

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Pump Jack

Scaffolds

Must have an 18

platform.

Must have guardrails

or other fall

protection

BAD!

GOOD!