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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

Hazards
Employees working on scaffolds are
exposed to these hazards:
Falls from elevation caused
by slipping, unsafe access, and
the lack of fall protection
Struck by falling tools / debris
Electrocution from overhead
power lines
Scaffold collapse - caused by
instability or overloading
Bad planking giving way




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Frame Scaffold
OSHA refers to frame

scaffolds as sectional
steel scaffold.
There are two basic
parts to a frame
scaffolds The frame
and the cross brace.


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Inadequate support
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Securing
1926.451(c)(ii)
If the base width is wider than 3,

the first tie will be a vertical

distance of 4 times that (from the
ground), and every 26 thereafter.
Example:
base width = 5
first vertical tie will be (5 x 4)
20 from the ground

Securing
1926.451(c)(ii)
Guys, ties, and braces shall be installed at

each end of the scaffold and at horizontal

intervals not to exceed 30.
For example, on
this scaffolding
which extends the
length of the
hotel, horizontal
braces will be
installed at the red
marks.

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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

Platform Ends
Each end of a
platform, unless
cleated or otherwise
restrained by hooks,
must extend over its
support by at least 6
inches
No Cleats


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