This code of practice sets forth detailed safety guidelines for the use of steel tubular scaffolding in construction, maintenance, repair, and demolition tasks. It specifies essential procedures for erecting, maintaining, and inspecting scaffolds to guarantee their stability and safeguard workers against hazards such as falls and falling materials.
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This code of practice sets forth detailed safety guidelines for the use of steel tubular scaffolding in construction, maintenance, repair, and demolition tasks. It specifies essential procedures for erecting, maintaining, and inspecting scaffolds to guarantee their stability and safeguard workers against hazards such as falls and falling materials.
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Per the code, scaffold erection, modification, and dismantling must be overseen directly by a qualified individual, typically a safety engineer authorized and trained in scaffold safety. Workers engaged in these tasks should have sufficient experience and competence. Additionally, all scaffold components must be examined by a competent person prior to use to ensure safety and structural soundness.
To ensure scaffold stability, supports must rest on firm, stable foundations or sound building parts. Proper bracing or strutting is essential to prevent movement and maintain rigidity. Unless designed as free-standing, scaffolds should be securely anchored to the building. Cantilever or jib scaffolds require additional supports such as outriggers and anchored fixings to guarantee stability.
The standard mandates that habitual work zones be shielded by protective coverings such as nets or strong fabric to prevent injury from falling objects. Tools and materials must be lowered safely rather than dropped. Catching nets or individual safety belts may be used as alternatives, provided they are firmly secured and traffic beneath the scaffold is halted to avoid accidents.
Guard-rails must be positioned at heights ranging from 900 mm to 1200 mm above the platform surface and be strong enough to prevent falls. Toe-boards should be at least 150 mm high on platforms and 200 mm on gangways or ramps (excluding stairs). The vertical space between toe-boards and guard-rails should not exceed 700-750 mm. These elements must be installed on the inner side of uprights.
The practice restricts material storage on scaffolds to only what is necessary for ongoing work, thereby avoiding unnecessary weight. Supervisors qualified in scaffold safety inspect materials and scaffold conditions before and during use. Furthermore, only structurally sound and sufficiently strong supports are permitted, and load distribution must never exceed design limits, ensuring no overloading occurs.
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