Scaffolding

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Scaffolding

• Erection, modification, dismantling by a
  competent person
• Inspection before use by a competent person
• Inspection reports
• Handover certificate from scaffolding contractor
  (SCAFFTAG)

2
Scaffolding

• Never use a scaffold unless
• erected by a competent person
• inspected before first time use
• inspected within past 7 days
• it is re-inspected after
• a) adverse weather
• b) modification
• c) alteration
• d) any event likely to have affected stability

3
Scaffolding

• Protection of the public
• containment nets
• guard-rails
• brick-guards
• toe-boards
• protective fans
• minimise contact hazards
• adequate lighting at night

4
Hoists and hoist towers

• Must be
• erected by a competent person
• operated by a trained and competent person

5
Hoists and hoist towers

• Legal standards for
• construction, erection, maintenance
• testing and examination
• record keeping

6
Operating hoists

• Operators and signallers must be
• at least 18 years of age
• trained and competent
• No other person may give signals
• unless under competent supervision for training

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Operating hoists

• Notices to be displayed
• safe working loads
• conditions of use
• Passengers must not be carried in goods hoists

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Ladder safety

• Check for defects before use
• Report all defects
• Do not paint ladders
• Never use aluminium ladders near electrical
  equipment
• Employer maintains record of inspections
• The right ladder for the job
• Know and use the safe systems of work
• 75 angle, i.e. 14

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Types of MEWP
Scissor lifts
Articulating boom
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Types of MEWP
Telescopic boom
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Safety harnesses

• MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES
• Protect against falling caused by
• a collision
• rough terrain
• overreaching or overbalancing

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Safety harnesses

• Never attach a harness to a point outside a
  platform

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Safety helmets

• If there are overhead obstructions, you must wear
  a safety helmet
• Always use a chin strap if there is a danger of
  it falling off

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Roof work

• No safe height
• Hazardous situations
• working platforms
• scaffolds
• ladders
• roofs
• a) flat
• b) pitched

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Roof work

• Hazardous situations (continued)
• open steel work
• working on or near
• a) fragile materials
• b) openings
• c) holes
• d) roof edges

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Flat roofs

• Less than 10 pitch
• No parapet or barrier
• guard-rails and toe-boards
• or
• barrier set back from roof edge

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Flat roofs

• Removal of guard-rail for work at edge
• safe systems employed
• and
• re-erected as soon as work ceases

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Sloping roofs

• 30 pitch and above
• or
• 10 to 30 if slippery
• Work should only be done
• by physically capable employees using securely
  fixed crawling boards and ladders
• using a catch barrier or a platform at eaves
  level

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Sloping roofs

• Roofs over 50 or slippery
• use a working platform